On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 12:42, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Iain Buchanan [mailto:iain@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 10:32 AM > > > I tried setting suid to /usr/bin/smbmnt then putting a line into /etc/fstab > //server/Stuff /tmp/ttt smbfs username=xxx,password=xxx,user 0 0 > > will work using mount /tmp/ttt but umount /tmp/ttt will come out with > "error, only root allowed to do so" > > > What happens if I want users to be able to mount/umount it manually. sort of > like how we mount the cdrom or floppy or usb. > > Q: isn't there a way to mount/umount using nautilus or maybe > linneighbourhood?? don't know about linneighbourhood, but if you want normal users to mount/umount shares, my preference is autofs - it mounts filesystems automatically when you first try and use them, and then unmounts them if they're not used for a certain period of time. This is much better than setting smbmnt setuid root. Its fairly easy to set up: 1. edit /etc/auto.master and uncomment the line /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 (I also change the timeout to 300 or more, and the location to /mnt/auto, so that it looks like this: /mnt/auto /etc/auto.misc --timeout=300) 2. edit /etc/auto.misc and add the line ttt -fstype=smbfs,defaults,uid=iain,gid=niceppl,dmask=770,fmask=660,credentials=/root/.credentials/.powercorp ://server/Stuff In place of the credentials file option you would put 'username=xxx,password=xxx' 3. make a new directory /mnt/auto (or whatever you made the location in step 1) 4. (re)start autofs `/etc/init.d/autofs restart`; and add it to your services (redhat-config-services) now if you type `ls /mnt/auto` you will see nothing, but if you type `ls /mnt/auto/ttt` you will see the mount. Hope this solution is suitable, -- Iain Buchanan <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Living in LA is like not having a date on Saturday night. -- Candice Bergen -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
