package doesn't provide init script

[Vsevolod Velichko]

Binary package hint: smbnetfs

Since smbnetfs package doesn't provide any init script for system-wide start, I've written my own. Probably, mountpoint `/s/` should be changed to something FHS-related (I've set it to this one just for short addressing).
It can be considered as system-wide mountpoint for browsing open shares (I think, many people use smb shares just for anonymous access).

-- System Information:
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
  APT prefers jaunty-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'jaunty-updates'), (500, 'jaunty-security'), (500, 'jaunty-proposed'), (500, 'jaunty-backports'), (500, 'jaunty')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
smbnetfs:
  Installed: 0.3.11a-1
  Candidate: 0.3.11a-1
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.11a-1 0
        500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[muzzol (muzzol)]

which credentials will use this init script?

if it's root ones i think is a bad idea.
also, an init script for something userspace oriented is not really needed.

[Vsevolod Velichko (torkvemada)]

Well, it can be easily run as, e.g., `nobody`. As I mentioned above - it's just easy access to public shares. I don't know, have you seen something like this and how it is used to be in your country, but in the majority of our ISPs all network shares are done by Samba shares. No DC++, torrents etc., just simple public samba. One connected to the network can access all others public data. I can easily open music from such share in gnome totem and gedit, but my vim and mplayer don't know 'smb://' protocol. And many other software too. This mountpoint designed to be useful exactly for such easy public share access.

>>init script for something userspace oriented is not really needed.
Why? Most daemons have nothing in common with kernelspace. Or you suppose that mysql, mpd or pulseaudio are run in kernelspace? smbnetfs is daemon, too. I really see no problem.

[Vsevolod Velichko (torkvemada)]

Thanks for reaction.
I have to note that now, ten years later, this bug doesn't affect me, neither does jaunty or sysvinit.

[Tehnick (tehnick)]

Not actual anymore.