This is something old. I “fixed” this several times and it happens again. I just include the solution here (original from this link) so that I don’t need to look for it again. $sudo chmod +s `which mount.cifs` ### <- that’s as a super user
After reinstalling ubuntu 10.04.3, I couldn’t remount to the share drive unless using sudo. I kept getting the error message: mount error(1): Operation not permitted. After a little bit digging, this post solved the problem perfectly!
It has been addressed in many posts such as this. I include this just as a personal note. The random decision by Ubuntu is quite a bit annoying sometimes, even though I still love it…