Re: re-post: problems umounting samba shares

[Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Trevor "TeC" Christian wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
>
> > Trevor "TeC" Christian wrote:
> >
> > > > > umount: only root can unmount //192.168.100.1/public from 
> > > > > /mnt/smb/public
> > > > >
> > > > > Question though, I can mount the share as a user.  How can i umount 
> > > > > it?
> > > >
> > > > Unmount it as root this time. Then, after mounting it as a regular 
> > > > user,
> > > > try unmounting it as the same user.
> > > Same thing.
> > > For a user to be able to mount smbfs...i had to chmod u+s `which  
> > > smbmnt`.
> > > Would i need to do something similar to allow non-root users to umount?
> >
> > Do:
> > # chmod u+s /usr/bin/smbumount
> > and use "smbumount" to unmount your shares.
> >
> > Paul.
> That works, thanks.
>
> Am I to understand that as a regular user i will not be able to use 
> umount to unmount a samba share?
>
> This creates a little bit of a problem with regards to the use of the 
> GUI for mounting and umounting devices.  Right clicking on a device on 
> the desktop and selecting unmount seems to use the umount command which 
> only allows works for root.

I think so; I certainly couldn't get it to work, and it's not advisable 
to make "umount" SUID root.

Paul.