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I downloaded and installed the smb4k package via the package manager, but I have a weird problem when trying to use it.

 

When I try to open smb4k, I get the following error:

 

"Either your PATH environment variable is not set properly or there are the following programs missing on your system:

kdesu

Please correct this and restart Smb4K."

 

I have the required Samba packages installed, as far as I know, as well as the Kdesu package...but I just can't seem to get around this issue.

 

This worked fine for me when I was running KDE4, but now that I've installed Mandriva One 2009 w/Gnome, it seems to have issues.

 

EDIT:

 

I found this webpage (http://smb4k.berlios.de/handbook/using_smb4k.html), in which it says to "add the location to the PATH environment variable in your shell's configuration file (for the bash(1) shell it is the ~/.bashrc file), before you will be able to run the application"

 

I tried editing ~/.bashrc and adding ‎"/usr/lib/libkdesu.so.5" & "‎/usr/lib/libkdesu.so.5.1.0", but it still doesn't work. Maybe I'm trying to add the wrong location of kdesu?

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I tried editing ~/.bashrc and adding ‎"/usr/lib/libkdesu.so.5" & "‎/usr/lib/libkdesu.so.5.1.0", but it still doesn't work.
Anytime you make changes to .bashrc you need to (at least) log out and log back in. In some cases (though rarely) a reboot may be necessary.
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Why not running smb4k_mount with the --no-suid switch, and changing the UID of mount.cifs instead?

I don't like at all telling smb4k running its mount command suid root, because every time I had set it like that it was completely screwing my /etc/sudoers file, and I had to repair it manually.

And, I think Gnome also has samba at its VFS-or not? (sorry for not knowing, Gnome is not my cup of tea). If you like Gnome, then escort it with Gnome apps-not KDE ones.

Or you can use smbnetfs- once set up it mounts every samba share transparently, and works under any desktop- not just Gnome or KDE.

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Hahaha honestly, I'm brand-new to Linux and almost everything you just wrote to me doesn't make a lot of sense!

 

I had previously installed One 2009 KDE4, and enjoyed using it before Plasma continually crashed with no apparent way to fix it. With KDE4, I had trouble with mounting shares via Samba in the MCC as well as Webmin. I downloaded Smb4k and it worked perfectly just after installation.

 

As I said, I had issues with KDE 4 which eventually lead to me formatting and installing One 2009 Gnome instead. That's what I'm using now (Gnome). I'm trying to use Smb4k because I had gotten comfortable with it when I was using KDE4 on my previous installation. If there is another similar application for Gnome, I'd most certainly try it. But, being a n00b, I don't know much about the different apps available to me.

 

So, maybe you can suggest a program that should work flawlessly for me? I'll try smbnetfs right now.

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You may also run

chmod +s /usr/bin/smbmnt

chmod +s /usr/bin/smbumount

at a root console to change the UID of the samba mount commands-after that you will be able to mount shares as plain user. You can do the same for /usr/bin/mount.cifs if you prefer cifs over smb for mounting your shares (I actually do, as it's easier to set locales there).

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Anytime you make changes to .bashrc you need to (at least) log out and log back in. In some cases (though rarely) a reboot may be necessary.

 

i think sourcing the new .bashrc is enough but the readonly variables will not be reset (like the TMOUT variable).

 

 $ . ~/.bashrc

or

 $ source ~/.bashrc

 

i might be mistaken though. :huh:

 

ciao!

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IIRC, that will only apply to the current terminal session. If you close the console and open a new one, you would need to do source ~/.bashrc again.

 

ok, i thought .bashrc is read everytime a new bash shell is launched and it was the .bash_profile that was only read during login.

 

my bash literature is getting rusty. :D

 

ciao!

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  • 3 months later...
I downloaded and installed the smb4k package via the package manager, but I have a weird problem when trying to use it.

 

When I try to open smb4k, I get the following error:

 

"Either your PATH environment variable is not set properly or there are the following programs missing on your system:

kdesu

Please correct this and restart Smb4K."

 

I have the required Samba packages installed, as far as I know, as well as the Kdesu package...but I just can't seem to get around this issue.

 

This worked fine for me when I was running KDE4, but now that I've installed Mandriva One 2009 w/Gnome, it seems to have issues.

 

EDIT:

 

I found this webpage (http://smb4k.berlios.de/handbook/using_smb4k.html), in which it says to "add the location to the PATH environment variable in your shell's configuration file (for the bash(1) shell it is the ~/.bashrc file), before you will be able to run the application"

 

I tried editing ~/.bashrc and adding ‎"/usr/lib/libkdesu.so.5" & "‎/usr/lib/libkdesu.so.5.1.0", but it still doesn't work. Maybe I'm trying to add the wrong location of kdesu?

 

Perhaps your executable files are named with a numeral (3) appended, so smb4k, and the Mandriva Control Center, can't find them. The fix is to insert a symbolic link in the file directory with the name of the program executable file less the trailing numeral. Example in /usr/bin/ if smbclient is named smbclient3 insert the symbolic link thus: ln -s ./smbclient3 smbclient. Find a fuller explanation at deluxdata.com/Linux/Samba_M2008_1.html.

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