Ubuntu
samba package

smbmnt no longer installed suid root

Bug #67661 reported by ltmon
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samba (Baltix)
Fix Released
Undecided
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samba (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: smbfs

Upon upgrade to Edgy the binary /usr/bin/smbmnt is no longer installed with suid root.

For a normal user to be able to mount a samba share the user now has to "sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbmnt".

This has occurred with my upgrade from Dapper to Edgy and another user who installed from Edgy RC1 (both on Kubuntu if it matters).

Revision history for this message
ltmon (lukemonahan) wrote :

This also goes for /usr/bin/smbumount

Revision history for this message
Ralph Janke (txwikinger) wrote :

Feature request

Changed in samba:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and help to improve Ubuntu.

This issue is resolved for the upcoming Ubuntu 8.04 because smbmount is now a wrapper around mount.cifs, which has the correct permissions set.

Changed in samba:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Przemek K. (azrael)
Changed in samba (Baltix):
status: New → Fix Released
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