On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ed Wilts wrote:
> NFS absolutely trusts the client not to lie to it. There is *no*
> authentication done whatsoever. If the client tells the server that
> it's uid/gid is 0/0, the server trusts it. For this reason, you should
This is what root_squash (on by default) and all_squash are for. You're
right to say that it can't authenticate the UID/GID, but that doesn't mean
people can run rampant on NFS if it's been properly configured.
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