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Re: smbmount + NT - success and a question...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hart)
Thu Nov 21 20:14:07 1996

Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:12:31 +1100 (EST)
From: Robert Hart <hartr@interweft.com.au>
Reply-To: Robert Hart <iweft@ipax.com.au>
To: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <3294FA4B.48CA4F97@my_signature.below>
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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Borg wrote:

> Robert Hart wrote:
> ......
> > OK - AS ROOT (thanks to someone who pointed this out) I *can* mount the NT
> > 4 shares...sigh
> .......
> > Now - why is this *NOT* working as a user - looking at /usr/bin/smbmount I
> > find
> 
> Because, as someone today on this list mentioned, simple
> users have no business (u)mounting drives. How'd you like
> on of your users logged on remotely umounting your nfs?

I have to disagree - if I am using linux as a network client, I want to be
able to mount nfs and smbfs file systems from servers...

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