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authorGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2001-10-10 17:19:10 +0000
committerGerald Carter <jerry@samba.org>2001-10-10 17:19:10 +0000
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@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@
<para><command>smbmnt</command> is a helper application used
by the smbmount program to do the actual mounting of SMB shares.
- <command>smbmnt</command> is meant to be installed setuid root
- so that normal users can mount their smb shares. It checks
- whether the user has write permissions on the mount point and
- then mounts the directory.</para>
+ <command>smbmnt</command> can be installed setuid root if you want
+ normal users to be able to mount their SMB shares.</para>
+
+ <para>A setuid smbmnt will only allow mounts on directories owned
+ by the user, and that the user has write permission on.</para>
<para>The <command>smbmnt</command> program is normally invoked
by <ulink url="smbmount.8.html"><command>smbmount(8)</command>
</ulink>. It should not be invoked directly by users. </para>
+
+ <para>smbmount searches the normal PATH for smbmnt. You must ensure
+ that the smbmnt version in your path matches the smbmount used.</para>
+
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@
<term>-o options</term>
<listitem><para>
list of options that are passed as-is to smbfs, if this
- command is run on a 2.4 or higher linux kernel.
+ command is run on a 2.4 or higher Linux kernel.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>