[30] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: NFS server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carl V Streeter)
Mon Mar 6 22:00:47 1995
From: Carl V Streeter <streeter@cae.wisc.edu>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 20:45:52 CST
In-Reply-To: <m0rlihL-000KjTC@monad.swb.de>; from "Olaf Kirch" at Mar 6, 95 8:44 pm
Reply-To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
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> I'll see if I can put together a patch tonight for this and upload a
> new server to some site. I'll also put in the root_squash fix posted
> recently. While we're at it, are there any other known holes?
>
Be careful. If it's the patch I've tried, it implements root_squash,
but no no_root_squash. Ie. there is NO root access to NFS drives.
On a net with controlled physical access, this seems silly.
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