diff -ur ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncplogin.c ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncplogin.c
--- ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncplogin.c	2010-03-03 16:13:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncplogin.c	2010-03-03 16:17:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -934,7 +934,9 @@
 	NWDSFreeContext(ctx);
 	/* ncpmap, ncplogin must write in /etc/mtab */
 	{
+		block_sigs();
 		add_mnt_entry(mount_name, mount_point, info.flags);
+		unblock_sigs();
 	}
 	free(mount_name);
 	if (info.echo_mnt_pnt) {
diff -ur ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpm_common.c ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpm_common.c
--- ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpm_common.c	2010-03-03 16:13:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpm_common.c	2010-03-03 16:17:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 #endif 
 
 static inline int ncpm_suser(void) {
-	return setreuid(-1, 0);
+	return setresuid(0, 0, myuid);
 }
 
 static int ncpm_normal(void) {
@@ -368,11 +368,31 @@
 	int v;
 
 	e = errno;
-	v = setreuid(-1, myuid);
+	v = setresuid(myuid, myuid, 0);
 	errno = e;
 	return v;
 }
 
+void block_sigs(void) {
+
+	sigset_t mask, orig_mask;
+	sigfillset(&mask);
+
+	if(sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, &orig_mask) < 0) {
+		errexit(-1, _("Blocking signals failed.\n"));
+	}
+}
+
+void unblock_sigs(void) {
+
+	sigset_t mask, orig_mask;
+	sigemptyset(&mask);
+
+	if (sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, &orig_mask) < 0) {
+		errexit(-1, _("Un-blocking signals failed.\n"));
+	}
+}
+
 static int proc_ncpm_mount(const char* source, const char* target, const char* filesystem, unsigned long mountflags, const void* data) {
 	int v;
 	int e;
diff -ur ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpm_common.h ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpm_common.h
--- ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpm_common.h	2010-03-03 16:13:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpm_common.h	2010-03-03 16:17:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@
 int proc_aftermount(const struct ncp_mount_info* info, NWCONN_HANDLE* conn);
 int proc_ncpm_umount(const char* dir);
 
+void block_sigs(void);
+void unblock_sigs(void);
+
 #define UNUSED(x)	x __attribute__((unused))
 
 #endif	/* __NCPM_COMMON_H__ */
diff -ur ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpmount.c ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpmount.c
--- ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpmount.c	2010-03-03 16:13:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpmount.c	2010-03-03 16:17:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -720,7 +720,9 @@
 	ncp_close(conn);
 
 	if (!opt_n) {
+		block_sigs();
 		add_mnt_entry(mount_name, mount_point, info.flags);
+		unblock_sigs();
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff -ur ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpumount.c ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpumount.c
--- ncpfs-2.2.6.orig/sutil/ncpumount.c	2010-03-03 16:13:45.000000000 -0500
+++ ncpfs-2.2.6/sutil/ncpumount.c	2010-03-03 16:17:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 static char *progname;
 static int is_ncplogout = 0;
 
+uid_t uid;
+
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
@@ -126,6 +128,40 @@
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 
+/* Mostly copied from ncpm_common.c */
+void block_sigs(void) {
+
+	sigset_t mask, orig_mask;
+	sigfillset(&mask);
+	sigdelset(&mask, SIGALRM); /* Need SIGALRM for ncpumount */
+
+	if(setresuid(0, 0, uid) < 0) {
+		eprintf("Failed to raise privileges.\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
+	if(sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, &orig_mask) < 0) {
+		eprintf("Blocking signals failed.\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+}
+
+void unblock_sigs(void) {
+
+	sigset_t mask, orig_mask;
+	sigemptyset(&mask);
+
+	if(setresuid(uid, uid, 0) < 0) {
+		eprintf("Failed to drop privileges.\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
+	if(sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &mask, &orig_mask) < 0) {
+		eprintf("Un-blocking signals failed.\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+}
+
 static void alarmSignal(int sig) {
 	(void)sig;
 }
@@ -201,10 +237,13 @@
 	if (!numEntries)
 		return 0; /* don't waste time ! */
 
+	block_sigs();
+
 	while ((fd = open(MOUNTED "~", O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600)) == -1) {
 		struct timespec tm;
 
 		if (errno != EEXIST || retries == 0) {
+			unblock_sigs();
 			eprintf(_("Can't get %s~ lock file: %s\n"), MOUNTED, strerror(errno));
 			return 1;
 		}
@@ -215,6 +254,7 @@
 			alarm(0);
 			close(fd);
 			if (err) {
+				unblock_sigs();
 				eprintf(_("Can't lock lock file %s~: %s\n"), MOUNTED, _("Lock timed out"));
 				return 1;
 			}
@@ -232,9 +272,11 @@
 	err = __clearMtab(mount_points, numEntries);
 
 	if ((unlink(MOUNTED "~") == -1) && (err == 0)){
+		unblock_sigs();
 		eprintf(_("Can't remove %s~"), MOUNTED);
 		return 1;
 	}
+	unblock_sigs();
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -422,13 +464,13 @@
 	int res;
 
 	if (fid == -1) {
-		eprintf(_("Could not open %s: %s\n"),
-			mount_point, strerror(errno));
+		eprintf(_("Invalid or unauthorized mountpoint %s\n"),
+			mount_point);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (ncp_get_mount_uid(fid, &mount_uid) != 0) {
 		close(fid);
-		eprintf(_("%s probably not ncp-filesystem\n"),
+		eprintf(_("Invalid or unauthorized mountpoint %s\n"),
 			mount_point);
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -591,7 +633,8 @@
 	int allConns = 0;
 	const char *serverName = NULL;
 	const char *treeName = NULL;
-	uid_t uid = getuid();
+	
+	uid = getuid();
 
 	progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
 	if (progname) {