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Subject: Re: Bug: mount doing bad security check: only root can use -types,
 (effective EUID is 5013)
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Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> What does "ls -l /bin/mount" say?
> Is its owner the user with UID 5013, by any chance?
>   
Bingo.

Maybe the install should check to see
if it is root before setting a SUID bit on the executable?

Thank & good call!