Bug 116473 - smbmnt and smbumount need +s for functionality
Summary: smbmnt and smbumount need +s for functionality
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
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Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Security (show other bugs)
Version: RC 1
Hardware: i686 All
: P5 - None : Normal
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Reported: 2005-09-12 13:12 UTC by Jonathon Robison
Modified: 2005-09-14 07:31 UTC (History)
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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.