Bug 116473

Summary:	smbmnt and smbumount need +s for functionality
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Jonathon Robison <jrobiso2>
Component:	Security	Assignee:	Security Team bot <security-team>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	RC 1
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	All
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Description Jonathon Robison 2005-09-12 13:12:37 UTC

I know this is questionable, but . . . 

As a user (not as root) I often need to mount windows shares under my home
directory. I need them owned by me (my linux uid [52034] matches my uid in the
rest of the company).  But smbmount whines that smbmnt must be installed suid
root for direct user mounts. So, on my systems, I always end up doing +s to
/usr/bin/smbmnt and /usr/bin/smbumount.

How could users who do not have root access do it?  This issue has been around a
long long time (8.0, etc.). I'm just now feeling whiny enough to file a bug.

Comment 1 Ludwig Nussel 2005-09-14 07:31:17 UTC

Well, feel free to set that setuid bit on your local installation if you need  
it. To keep the setuid bit even if the package is updated add it  
to /etc/permissions.local.