[Samba] libsmb and suid root

[Andrew Bartlett]

J Anthony wrote:
> 
> how do i get libsmb to allow me to make smbmount suid root?
> 
> currently i get 'libsmb based programs must *NOT* be setuid root.'

There is a reason we have that.  Don't do it.   

Running libsmb based programs under suid privilages *will* result in a
security hole.  A number of its actions are based on user-supplied
environment variables, and it wasn't written to be setuid-secure.

Andrew Bartlett

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