[Pkg-samba-maint] cifs-utils (2:5.3-2) and user mounts

[Stephan Seitz]

Hi!

In cifs-utils (2:5.3-2) the s-bit was removed from mount.cifs. The 
changelog says:
* Drop capabilities instead of having mount.cifs setuid 
   (Closes: #665923).

Now I am confused how a normal user should mount cifs shares listed in 
fstab. At least I can’t without the s-bit.

Is this a temporary workaround until upstream offers a better solution 
for the security problem mentioned in 665923?

Thanks for your help and great work!

Shade and sweet water!

	Stephan

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