[TriLUG] smbmount error

[Jason Tower]

not sure if this will work, but you might try putting the smb entry in 
/etc/fstab with the user and noauto options, that may allow ordinary users to 
mount it.

jason

On Saturday 08 March 2003 10:48, Turnpike Man wrote:
> --- Justin Johnson <justin at deepbluesoftware.com> wrote:
> > Hey ya'll,
> >
> > I'm trying to connect to a share on my Windows box using smbmount, and I
> > am getting the following error:
> > "smbmnt must be installed suid root for direct user mounts (500,500)"
>
> If I recall (somebody back me up here) you have to have the smbclient
> installed, AND you have to make your mount as root.
>
> > I assume this means there is some sort of permissions problem, but I'm
> > not sure how [best way] to fix it. Any insight would be appreciated.
> >
> > the command I executed was:
> >   $ smbmount //swordfish/dataraid /home/justin/work -o
> > ip=[the_ip_address]
> >
> > Running RHL8.0 kernel 2.4.28.24-8
> > --
>
> I've done it with this command as root and /data/test must be available to
> mount to:
>
> mount -t smbfs -o username=me,password=foo //odin/documents /data/test
>
> What I haven't figured out is why does it have to be done as root and why
> can't I get my regular users access to it!
>
> David
>
>
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