> From: Alex Romosan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > would any one care to enlighten me why the nfs daemons are commented > out of /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs. i needed to mount a disk off another > linux machine and i couldn't do it until i turned on the daemons by > hand. are there any security issues associated with this? the same > daemons are also commented out of /etc/inetd.conf.
Well if not configured properly (ie proper restrictions) it is possible for anyone to mount your drives and then convince your system that they have root file priveliges. I saw this on our local Sun nfs server before I was given root access and fixed it. IMHO, all network daemons should be disabled by default and the sysadmin should have to enable them one by one. I hate spending an hour on a new system just turning off things that I don't want running. Andrew
