From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Wilck Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/25] Current autofs patch queue Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:23:20 +0200 Message-ID: <5224AD68.6050806@ts.fujitsu.com> References: <20130819010909.6472.32512.stgit@perseus.fritz.box> <522469BD.1030709@ts.fujitsu.com> <522470D3.3050105@ts.fujitsu.com> <522481D3.4@ts.fujitsu.com> <52248F84.2070704@ts.fujitsu.com> <52249C93.7060501@ts.fujitsu.com> <5224A57C.9000404@ts.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=ts.fujitsu.com; i=@ts.fujitsu.com; q=dns/txt; s=s1536b; t=1378135394; x=1409671394; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject: references:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=o+HdhsJ0gUNa+L+yFYsZkfzCXL+FdEMx3rW6kSPbj60=; b=iXNYLuyVGz4S/Tv9AsqV30ugs63kx429K+KMQiOV/l0rR+DFAu1nzwgX TueEnh8Ud5w7oYRiPzq/sOPi7js9zMnFqtW8/ip7lS6BLPr4y8SLoQGh8 FjQEYEdciBpH6H2BCYtufpFuzoMRFUqhS1NNR7IvkyHDGbTaWMaJDTD8K u/L3FSwLhmw8SLq0t3Sq0eRPmS/ik+9DTS9256F+K30vyK1ucuoZHIm6g NJ2TVAjesEWbBW3EnHQK2ll/g55Eq; In-Reply-To: Sender: autofs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Gordon Lack Cc: "autofs@vger.kernel.org" On 09/02/2013 05:08 PM, Gordon Lack wrote: >>> Depending on configuration, CIFS won't let you mount anything without credentials. You may have to be authorized >>> just to see the list of shares. > > So are you saying that the example you were giving, to use multiuser on a cifs mount, was so that the mount could > take place under the user's Kerberos credentials (which might work) rather than root's (who might not have them)? > But that once the mount was in place each user's access would be under their own credentials (assuming they have them)? > > In which case I'd agree that this isn't a security issue. This is my understandning of how "multiuser" works, yes. Martin > > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited > (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a > member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The > registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited > is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. > -- Dr. Martin Wilck PRIMERGY System Software Engineer x86 Server Engineering FUJITSU Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring 1 33106 Paderborn, Germany Phone: ++49 5251 525 2796 Fax: ++49 5251 525 2820 Email: martin.wilck@ts.fujitsu.com Internet: http://ts.fujitsu.com Company Details: http://ts.fujitsu.com/imprint