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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
