Set the SUID bit of the mount.davfs binary

[vitorbrandao]

While running box-sync setup we should set SUID bit to mount.davfs allowing regular usage of box-sync without requiring root privileges:

sudo chmod u+s /sbin/mount.davfs

This change should fix #2

[odigity]

I ran into the same problem as the user in #2:

$ ./box-sync start
/sbin/mount.davfs: program is not setuid root
Failed to mount sync dir.

When I ran the chmod command you suggested above, I advanced to a second problem:

$ ./box-sync start
/sbin/mount.davfs: user ofer must be member of group davfs2
Failed to mount sync dir.

Probably because I failed to add me to the group during the setup phase because it didn't have root privileges then either:

$ ./box-sync setup
* Setting up davfs...
* Created sync directory at '/home/ofer/Box'
* Adding yourself to davfs2 group (requires sudo)

[odigity]

Actually, it looks like it did manage to add me to the group:

$ tail -1 /etc/group
davfs2:x:126:ofer

So, don't know why it's still claiming I'm not in it...

[jacoby]

I hit the same issue. Try logging out and back in.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Ofer Nave [email protected] wrote:

Actually, it looks like it did manage to add me to the group:

$ tail -1 /etc/group davfs2:x:126:ofer

So, don't know why it's still claiming I'm not in it...

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/noiselabs/box-linux-sync/issues/7#issuecomment-56681924 .

David Jacoby [email protected]

[ninsbl]

Same here...

[ninsbl]

OK, found out that I had to login again su -l myuser after adding myself to davfs2 group. Then everything worked fine... So, this issue can probably be closed...