[Bug 1095294] Re: Package smbfs and smbmount missing since cifs-utils-5.5

[Christopher Chavez]

There are varying instructions out there, but it may be the case that
/usr/bin/smbmount had its permissions set specifically so that non-root
users could execute it and mount shares, as explained in
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba/SambaClientGuide . In that same
guide there are ways to allow non-root access for mount.cifs, such as by
using groups (rather than chmod-ing the executable), and to
automatically mount a share on startup (by using /etc/fstab, not
/etc/rc.local).

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Title:
  Package smbfs and smbmount missing since cifs-utils-5.5

Status in “cifs-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It seems that package smbfs got removed in builds newer than cifs-
  utils-5.1-1ubuntu1
  (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+package/smbfs) without creating
  a transitional package. The smbmount has also been removed without
  replacement.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: cifs-utils 2:5.5-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jan  2 14:37:25 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-01-15 (352 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" - Release amd64 (20111120)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: cifs-utils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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