cifs-utils Team,
mount.cifs and mount.smb3 both have the following -o option:
credentials=filename | cred=filename
E.g.:
mount -t smb3 -o cred=mycredfile service mountpoint
I would expect mount to look for mycredfile in the current directory.
Instead mount looks for mycredfile in the mountpoint directory.
I consider this to be a bug.
This problem is caused by chdir(&mountpoint) being called *before*
the credentials file is opened and read.
Below are excerpts from mount.cifs.c which show some details.
I can think of two fixes:
1) Open and read the credentials file *before* chdir(&mountpoint)
2) Document that the credentials file should have an absolute path
Thank you!
Daniel Lewart
Urbana, Illinois
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mount.cifs.c
2039 int main(int argc, char **argv)
2040 {
2163 /* chdir into mountpoint as soon as possible */
2164 rc = acquire_mountpoint(&mountpoint);
2187 /* child */
2188 rc = assemble_mountinfo(...);
2353 }
acquire_mountpoint -> chdir
assemble_mountinfo -> parse_options -> open_cred_file -> fopen
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