[CS-FSLUG] autofs and SMB under Ubuntu

[Jonathan E. Brickman]

Well, I got autofs set up, and it works wonderfully...except that 
apparently under the current Ubuntu[Mint]/Gnome setup, autofs/SMB shares 
don't work.  This is a publicly reported bug, not rectified yet.  I can 
do whatever I want on command-line with my autofs shares, but I cannot 
create or edit anything with Nautilus or Gedit, to name just two.  I'm 
installing the current KDE4 now, we'll see what happens.  This is 
desktop Linux at its current insane level.  I cannot recommend a current 
stock off-the-DVD Ubuntu desktop in an SMB share environment?  Pfui.

I found another way to describe what I'm after:  a Windows/Netware-style 
user logon script with persistent drive mappings.  It should be 
superuser-editable, but user-runnable.  Anyone have an easy way?  I have 
done it with a chmod +s to 'mount', but I am told this is not good 
security-wise.

J.E.B.