Path: utzoo!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-di!leibniz!tpc From: tpc@leibniz.UUCP (Tom Chmara) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: NFS security Keywords: root mount NFS Message-ID: <126@leibniz.UUCP> Date: 12 Aug 88 16:38:42 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, CANADA Lines: 15 Not sure this is a question requiring wizardly knowledge, but I have been informed that NFS is NOT particularly secure; i.e. "root" on one machine can wreak havoc on another (I'm not speaking of removing files from a r-w directory etc). The speaker was not overly clear about what the hole was, but he smugly assured me that he could do much as he pleased if I were to allow him NFS access from a machine on which he was root. Is this a problem with NFS, or with the HP or Apollo versions of NFS? Thanks... ---tpc--- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Penguin lust is beautiful!" All the above opinions are my own. Licensing inquiries welcome.