> From: Jeff Moyer jmoyer at redhat.com
> Date: Wed Jan 5 10:34:18 PST 2005
>
> ==> Regarding [autofs] smbfs credentias; abo <abo at brujulatelecom.com> adds:
>
> abo> hi! im trying to mount smbfs resources from an ldap
>
> abo> if i put in nisMapEntry this
>
> abo> -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/home/abo/smb.creds
>
> abo> everything is working right. then i want to do it per user but
> abo> variable substitution doesn't work, i tried:
>
> abo> -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/home/$USER/smb.creds
>
> abo> -fstype=smbfs,credentials=/home/${USER}/smb.creds
>
> abo> -fstype=smbfs,credentials=~/smb.creds
>
> abo> but no succes.
>
> abo> how can i get per user credentiasl? im on the wrong direction?
>
> The automounter runs as user root. It has no way of knowing which user
> requested a given mount.
>
> -Jeff
Wow, I'm really surprised that there isn't some mechanism to support multiple
users? While this credential mechanism might be okay for a test lab or a
single user LAN, but what do people do in a business/enterprise environment?
Is there anyway to force the automounter to prompt for username and password?
Maybe I should ask, why is there no way of the automounter knowing which user
is requesting a given mount? I mean no disrespect, but does anyone else think
this is a design limiting security risk implementation when automounting smbfs
types?
--z
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