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- From: b_kondalski@vssi.trw.com (Brian J. Kondalski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: root access to nfs filesystems
- Date: 17 Nov 1992 16:15:58 -0500
- Organization: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.
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- Message-ID: <1ebneeINN2k4@trwvssi.vssi.trw.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.234717.18547@nosc.mil> <1992Nov17.170956.29695@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.170956.29695@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> bennett@areaplg2.corp.mot.com writes:
- >That will be supported as of 9.0. Currently you can do it by modifying the
- >kernal, However, this is a security hole because it maps all pcnfs users to root.
-
- My pcnfs users have a userid when they mount via nfs from my 750. If they
- don't have permission to modify a file, then they can't. And I have patched
- my kernel to allow root export. Where does this security hole come in?
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