[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#668137: cifs-utils: Fstab mounting disabled for normal users in 2:5.3-2

[Nathan Little]

Package: cifs-utils
Version: 2:5.3-2
Severity: normal

It appears since upgrading to cifs-utils 2:5.3-2 mount.cifs is not by default
installed with setuid root, so normal users can no longer mount and unmount
shares listed in fstab. I think this may have been done to shore up security in
mount.cifs, but on single user systems this seems like more of a hassel than an
advantage. Is there a simple way to provide an option to allow normal users to
mount shares, as was previously possible?



-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-14.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages cifs-utils depends on:
ii  libc6         2.13-27
ii  libcap2       1:2.22-1
ii  libkeyutils1  1.5.2-2
ii  libkrb5-3     1.10+dfsg~beta1-2
ii  libtalloc2    2.0.7+git20120207-1
ii  libwbclient0  2:3.6.3-2
ii  samba-common  2:3.6.3-2

Versions of packages cifs-utils recommends:
ii  keyutils  1.5.2-2
ii  winbind   2:3.6.3-2

Versions of packages cifs-utils suggests:
ii  smbclient  2:3.6.3-2

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