Allow user to mount smbfs volumes 1

[Adamhemo]

Hi all,

Couls someone tell me how to allow my local Linux users to mount smbfs shares. I can do it as root by typing:

mount -t -smbfs -o rw,username=username,password=password //SMBSERVER/SHARE /home/user/SHARE

it works great for root, but when I try it as a user on the Linux box, it tells me that only root can mount.

I though of creating a batch job that changes the user to root, perform the command and then exit. it seems to work but asks me for the root password. is there way to send that password so that I am not prompted for it? or to get read from a file ?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Morsing]

If you put the filesystem in fstab and add the option ' user' an ordinary user can mount it.

man mount will give you the details

Cheers

Henrik Morsing
Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration
& p690 Technical Support