Samba with no passwords

Michael Hipp Michael
Mon May 17 11:50:41 PDT 2004


Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> chmod 4755 `which smbmnt`
> 
> In order to do the mounting operation, smbmnt needs to be suid root.  Also, smbumount if you are using that one...  

Generally suid is considered to be A Bad Thing. Is this a case where it 
is a safe and advisable thing to do? Or just a last ditch solution and 
pray that it doesn't blow up?

Michael



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