Re: sudo and mount_smbfs authentication problem

2002-10-17 Thread James Long
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 04:35:59PM -0400, Will Saxon wrote: > > > > /usr/home/joeblow> sudo mount_smbfs //photocd@pdx-james/pub mnt > > Password: > > Password: > > mount_smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = Authentication error > > > You need to enter the sudo password first, and the passwo

RE: sudo and mount_smbfs authentication problem

2002-10-17 Thread Will Saxon
> > /usr/home/joeblow> sudo mount_smbfs //photocd@pdx-james/pub mnt > Password: > Password: > mount_smbfs: unable to open connection: syserr = Authentication error > > Here is the meat of my sudoers file: > > # User privilege specification > rootALL=(ALL) ALL > > # Uncomment to allow people

sudo and mount_smbfs authentication problem

2002-10-17 Thread James Long
I am setting up some scripts which need to mount an unmount SMB shares. I want to do this as an unprivileged user. I have installed sudo, and am operating it manually to ascertain the manner in which I will incor- porate it into my scripts. As root, I have no problem with: /root# mkdir mnt /root