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I have a number of smb v1 shares. (I know that smbv1 is old and vulnerable but I can't change it) Because of the old smb protocol, I cannot use nautilus to open then. Instead, I used fstab entries to mount them. The entries in /etc/fstab look like this:

//smbserver/folder /media/user/smbserver/folder cifs credentials=/home/user/.smbcredentials,vers=1.0,noauto,user 0 0

On a Mint 19 machine, this worked like a charm, but on a new Fedora 30 installation, I only get the following error:

$ mount /media/user/smbserver/folder
This program is not installed setuid root -  "user" CIFS mounts not supported.

I already tried to set the suid bit for /usr/bin/mount, but this did not change anything.

How can I mount the smb shares on Fedora 30?

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Ok, found out myself.

The following programs needed to have the suid bit set (sudo chmod u+s /bin/...):

/bin/mount
/bin/umount
/usr/sbin/mount.cifs

Some Distros do this by default. However, there seems to be discussion about the security (s-bit is always problematic).

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  • Thanks for your solution. This works for NFS as well.
    – John Jiang
    May 5, 2021 at 6:44
  • sudo chmod u+s /bin/mount /bin/umount /usr/sbin/mount.cifs Jul 17, 2023 at 15:04
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Also make sure to check that the file /home/user/.smbcredentials is accessible to you. I created mine with root which caused me issues.

But what ultimately helped me solve the issue was your advice on setting the suid bit on /usr/sbin/mount.cifs --> thank you!

EDIT: as my answer is being questioned, this is relevant information, because a missing access right to a credentials file can cause the error described in the OP.

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