Ubuntu
cifs-utils package

  1. Bug #657900
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 657900

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jahst (christopherbowhuis) wrote :

If you want normal user to be able to mount network share such as samba/cifs or nfs...
you can add the following to the very end of /etc/sudoers file and restart.

# allow members of CDROM group to mount without prompting for root password
%cdrom ALL = NOPASSWD:NOEXEC: /bin/mount, /bin/umount, /sbin/mount.cifs, /sbin/mount.nfs

then add "sudo mount" etc etc to the users mount script.

example of samba mount

sudo mount.cifs //NetworkDrive/"Folder" "MountPoint" -o ip=NetworkServerIPaddress,username="$UN",password="$PW",nounix,noserverino,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777

It will NOT ask them for the root password, as the sudoers file stops them from needing it.

this works great for me..
The way I see it, if they have cdrom permissions and are sitting at my PC..
I trust them enough to mount a network share.

Please advise if it's a gaping hole in my security.