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I'm trying to setup Gkrellm to mount a smbfs share on my laptop (uses a wireless connection) but don't want to add a line in the fstab file saying any users can mount the file system.

I've configured gkrellm to mount/umount with a button, but when i click the button, gkrellm pops up an error "only root can do that".

How can i elevate standard users to use the mount command like root users without using sudo or adding a line to the fstab file?

debian etch (current) i386
2.6.18-3-686 kernel
Compaq Armada M700
Atheros wifi using wpa_supplicant on KDE 3.5.5

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pmount

Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2007-02-25 20:57.

It looks like pmount may be what you need. It is supposed to allow users in the group plugdev to mount devices that are NOT in fstab. According to the man page, it doesn't work if there is an fstab entry.

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pmount

Submitted by raistlinkell on Mon, 2007-02-26 07:15.

Matt, checked the pmount man page and pmount only mounts a block device in /dev

I'm trying to mount a samba fileshare from one of my servers. I don't think pmount will work in this instance, but i appreciate your help.

Any other options available in this instance? Thanks in advance

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Try the 'owner' option

Submitted by cammoblammo on Thu, 2007-03-01 06:17.

According to the mount man page you might be able to specify the mount in fstab, but identify a user as the owner of the device. If I read it right, it should limit mounting rights to that user.

You may also have to specify -s to stop any noisy (but harmless) error messages.

Please post your results --- I'd be interested to hear how you get on.

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defining "users" in fstab worked

Submitted by raistlinkell on Tue, 2007-04-24 00:21.

after creating an entry in the /etc/fstab file and adding the "users" option, i then tested executing "mount -a" from a normal user account. This mounted the smbfs file system correctly.

ie the line in /etc/fstab
//server/sharename /local/mount/point smbfs users,noauto,credentials=/a/file/somewhere 0 0

note - all spaces are tabs and the credentials file was chowned to the normal user. The bolded line above is 1 line only.

In GKrellm, i added a Primary file system. Choose the Mount Point from the list available (GKrellm must read the fstab file as the /local/mount/point was available in the drop down list), added a label, ticked "Enable /etc/fstab mounting" and that was it.

A bar came up in GKrellm which i could toggle to mount and umount. Hope that makes sense for all.

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