On 09/02/2013 05:08 PM, Gordon Lack wrote: >>> Depending on configuration, CIFS won't let you mount anything without credentials. You may have to be authorized >>> just to see the list of shares. > > So are you saying that the example you were giving, to use multiuser on a cifs mount, was so that the mount could > take place under the user's Kerberos credentials (which might work) rather than root's (who might not have them)? > But that once the mount was in place each user's access would be under their own credentials (assuming they have them)? > > In which case I'd agree that this isn't a security issue. This is my understandning of how "multiuser" works, yes. Martin > > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited > (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a > member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The > registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited > is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. > -- Dr. Martin Wilck PRIMERGY System Software Engineer x86 Server Engineering FUJITSU Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1 33106 Paderborn, Germany Phone: ++49 5251 525 2796 Fax: ++49 5251 525 2820 Email: martin.wilck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Internet: http://ts.fujitsu.com Company Details: http://ts.fujitsu.com/imprint -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe autofs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
