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  From: Richard Sharpe <rsharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : James Leone <Jleone@pacbell.net>
  Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:46:57 +0930 (CST)

Re: Samba client for Linux

On Tue, 28 May 2002, James Leone wrote:

> 
> I am trying to set about 10 Linux workstations as Samba clients (guest 
> accounts) with an automated share mount, but it appears that 
> smbfs(?)only allows root to mount these shares as a guest. I tried using 
> the chmod +s command on smbmnt/smbumount but no luck.  I guessed that 
> smbfs is compiled into the kernel and overriding the chmod, so I looked 
> for a simpler solution. Is there any way to write a bash script so that 
> it automatically responds to the SU password prompt?

Hmmm, why use mount_smbfs when you can simply use NFS and the mount 
command?

The smbfs has some issues that you might be better off without.

Regards
-----
Richard Sharpe, rsharpe@ns.aus.com, rsharpe@samba.org, 
sharpe@ethereal.com

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