setcap was worth a try.

# install -o root -g users -m 750 /home/lh/prog/hmount/hmount.pl /home
+/lh/prog/hmount/hmount
# setcap cap_dac_override,cap_sys_admin+ep /home/lh/prog/hmount/hmount

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I'm not proficient with the capability system, but these caps were proposed for the mount command in the link that you supplied. The effect was similar and still mount denies its service:

~/prog/hmount$ ./hmount --usb= ~/mnt
     Real uid: 1000
Effective uid: 1000
whoami> lh
INFO: Attached sda: (sda1 sda2 sda3) on USB bus 17:0:0:0
mount: only root can do that

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sudo on the other hand does not transport the real uid to the program, does it? So the program cannot determine what the $home of the real user may be, i.e. where mounting is deemed to be allowed.

Anyhow, thanks for theese ideas.

In reply to Re^2: why does perl-suid not mount by Anonymous Monk
in thread why does perl-suid not mount by Anonymous Monk

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