On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 02:06:50PM -0400, John Clay wrote:
> When using LinNeighborhood as root it browses NT shares just fine and
> will mount directories.
>
> When logged in as regular user (and giving regular user credentials to
> LinN as well) it browses OK but won't mount directories. Error is
> "smbmount not found"
>
> RedHat dist.
>
> Path (double checked) includes "/usr/sbin" which is where smbmount,
> smbumount, smbmnt and smbd reside. Path also includes "/usr/bin" for
> rest of smb* family. Set permissions as on smbmount as rwsr-xr-x.
>
> So: It works with root, is in Joe User's path, has loads of permissions
> but can't be found when called by Joe U.
>
> What's up with that??
Mounting anything on a Linux box requires being root or modifying the
permissions so that one can do it without being root. In general, the
use of any peripheral device directly requires root. For example, the
only reason you can print to your printer is because you're going
through the printer daemon. But if you try and send something directly
to the printer port, you'll need to be root as well.
Paul
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