[Bug 305454] [NEW] 'mount error 13 = Permission denied' when user mounts cifs (sudo works!)

[Ernst]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: samba

I'm using samba to share files between my home computer (dual boot
Windows/Ubuntu 8.10) and my laptop (Ubuntu 8.10). Most of the time,
Windows is running at the home computer. Sharing goes fine with the
following fstab entry:

//172.19.3.4/Media      /home/<user>/media      cifs
noauto,users,exec,uid=1000,gid=1000,password=,iocharset=utf8    0
0

With this command line, a user can mount it (if Windows shares the
directory!).

Yesterday I booted again to Ubuntu on my home computer and there were a
lot of updates, I also think Samba got updated. I noticed that all my
shares were unshared, so I had to share my folders again. I did so,
using the 'Share' tab of the folder and I gave access to guests.

Now, on my laptop I can only mount the share as super user (sudo mount
~/media). If I mount the share as normal user, I get the following
message:

mount error 13 = Permission denied
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g.man mount.cifs)

This used to work, but now it doesn't. So, I think this justifies a bug report. Hopefully, this makes Ubuntu better :-).
(Again: If I share a map on Windows (Desktop) and access this map with Ubuntu (Laptop), a user can mount it. If I share a map on Ubuntu (Desktop) and access this map with Ubuntu (Laptop), a user cannot mount the share.)

Some more info:
Both computers are running the following version of Samba:
>apt-cache policy samba
samba:
  Installed: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3
  Candidate: 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3
  Version table:
 *** 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

The laptop has proposed enabled.

** Affects: samba (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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'mount error 13 = Permission denied' when user mounts cifs (sudo works!)
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