smbmount error msg.

[tcronj]

my fstab entry looks like this

//host/share /mnt/share smbfs rw,username=user1,password=pass1,noauto,user

when trying to mount from shell using "mount /mnt/share" I get this error.

> smbmnt must be installed suid root for direct user mounts (500,500)
> smbmnt failed: 1

What can I do to mount the drive as normal user ?

TIA
T

[Lenard]

As root;

chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmnt
chmod +s /usr/bin/smbumount

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[tcronj]

Thanks Lenard,

I now get

cannot mount on /mnt/share: Operation not permitted
smbmnt failed: 1

[Steve Schreiber]

Hey,

The user that is trying to mount must have access to the mount point
(in your case, /mnt/share) which now is probably owned by root, with
only rx for everyone else. Givint the user w access to the mount point
should do it for you.

S.

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[tcronj]

Thanks, I'll try it out

T