Bug 6158 - smbmount smbumount should be suid
Summary: smbmount smbumount should be suid
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: samba
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Trond Eivind Glomsrxd
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Reported: 1999-10-20 18:25 UTC by Neal D. Becker
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-10-20 18:34:49 UTC

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Description Neal D. Becker 1999-10-20 18:25:22 UTC 
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 18:34:59 UTC 
This can introduce some security holes, so we don't ship
it that way.
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