Jonathan Wilson wrote:

> I just tried chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmount too, and I still get:
>
> [jw@garnet jw]$ mount /mnt/Cschomeserver/
> cannot mount on /mnt/Cschomeserver: Operation not permitted
> smbmnt failed: 1
> mount.smbfs: ioctl failed, res=-1
> Could not umount /mnt/Cschomeserver: Invalid argument
> [jw@garnet jw]$
>
> I think it's not joking when it says it must be _installed_ setuid root
> (not just "must be setuid root" but how in he world do you do that? I
> cannot belive that this isn't a common problem - is there no one out there
> that needs to access a windows SMB share from Linux?

Jonathan -  I don't have and help for the permisions on the mount once it
occurs but sudo will allow you to set up a config that will allow a regular
user to perform certain tasks as root.  it is very flexible.

Hope this helps.

Bret



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