Using mount.cifs as a user (not su) on Lenny

DiBosco · 03-13-2009, 08:34 AM

I'm trying out Debian for the first time (as a long time Linux user) and trying to use mount.cifs. On Mandriva you can just use it as a user but on Lenny it's giving a permissions error. I suspect it might be something to do with it being in /sbin.

I actually have to run it as /sbin/mount.cifs ... whereas on Mandriva it's obviously in the user's path as it just works.

Anyone know whether there's a way of using mount.cifs without having to be root?

TBC Cosmo · 03-13-2009, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiBosco

Anyone know whether there's a way of using mount.cifs without having to be root?

Add suid bit to mount.cifs and umount.cifs

Code:

# chmod +s /sbin/mount.cifs /sbin/mount.cifs

DiBosco · 03-14-2009, 07:50 AM

Nice one, thanks!