> On Sunday 07 November 2004 21:14, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: >> On Sunday 07 November 2004 23:09, Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas > wrote: >> > The permissions are OK! >> >> That still leaves the question whether "root" can read the files >> unanswered.....if root can't read them certainly no user will be able >> to, >> no matter whatever you do ! > > On the contrary! > > Root canīt, but the user can! > > I think thatīs for security issues, right? > > Now everything is running smooth (as user)! > > TKS! > > Ricardo Castanho > With NFS, unless you specify otherwise, root on the remote machine is mapped to nobody when accessing the exported files. This is a security feature. Need I explain the kind of damage you could do if you spoof the IP address of a box allowed to mount the share if root access were allowed?
Mikkel
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