Bug 6158 – smbmount smbumount should be suid

Bug 6158 - smbmount smbumount should be suid

Summary:	smbmount smbumount should be suid

Reported:	1999-10-20 14:25 EDT by Neal D. Becker
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Description Neal D. Becker 1999-10-20 14:25:22 EDT

smbmount and smbumount should be installed suid root.  At least, that's
what they claim if you run them as a non-root user.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-20 14:34:59 EDT

This can introduce some security holes, so we don't ship
it that way.

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