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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbmnt.8 b/docs/manpages/smbmnt.8 index 0eb676190f..f383d63509 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbmnt.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbmnt.8 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "SMBMNT" "8" "24 April 2001" "" "" +.TH "SMBMNT" "8" "10 October 2001" "" "" .SH NAME smbmnt \- helper utility for mounting SMB filesystems .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -13,14 +13,18 @@ smbmnt \- helper utility for mounting SMB filesystems .PP \fBsmbmnt\fR is a helper application used by the smbmount program to do the actual mounting of SMB shares. -\fBsmbmnt\fR 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. +\fBsmbmnt\fR can be installed setuid root if you want +normal users to be able to mount their SMB shares. +.PP +A setuid smbmnt will only allow mounts on directories owned +by the user, and that the user has write permission on. .PP The \fBsmbmnt\fR program is normally invoked by \fBsmbmount(8)\fR . It should not be invoked directly by users. +.PP +smbmount searches the normal PATH for smbmnt. You must ensure +that the smbmnt version in your path matches the smbmount used. .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB-r\fR @@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ applied .TP \fB-o options\fR 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. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield |