[CentOS] Mounting cifs shares by non-root users on CentOS 4.6

[Clint Dilks]

Anne Wilson 
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> On Wednesday 04 June 2008 12:42:18 James Pearson wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to set up mounting of a Windows share for non-root users via
>> /etc/fstab on a CentOS 4.6 box - I've followed the instructions at:
>>
>> <http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/WindowsShares>
>>
>> Using something like the /etc/fstab example given in the wiki page
>> (with, of course, using a valid share, username and password for my set
>> up):
>>
>> //winbox/getme /mnt/win cifs
>> user,uid=500,rw,suid,username=sushi,password=yummy 0 0
>>
>> When as a non-root user I do:
>>
>> % mount /mnt/win
>> mount error 1 = Operation not permitted
>> Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)
>>
>> Running mount as root works fine, but I can not get it to work for
>> non-root users.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>     
> I never got it to work, but now I mount in fstab, which is problem-free.
>
> Anne
>
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Another idea is to configure sudo to allow your users to do what is 
required :)