[1759] in bugtraq
Re: R. Thomas's NFS question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andy@btc.uwe.ac.uk)
Wed May 10 08:29:51 1995
Date: Wed, 10 May 95 11:51:38 BST
From: andy@btc.uwe.ac.uk
To: rthomas@pamd.cig.mot.com
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
Robert Owen Thomas wrote :-
> yes, this is true. however, as Patrick and i have been discussing offline,
> this is *not* the case with Linux. er...actually, it *is* the case with
> Linux unless you start mountd with a certain flag. if you do start mountd
can we have some full disclosure please ^^^^^^^^^^
> with the proper flag, Linux will re-export an imported filesystem! ugh.
> i spoke with a comrade, and he stated that this was a hack, inserted into
> the Linux mountd code, by a (his words) "rogue programmer". now, as for
at least we have the source so we can "de-rogue" it. Pointers to the code
in question would be useful.
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