Re: [PATCH] private mounts

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Thu Apr 28 2005 - 03:44:57 EST


> > The NFS security model is based on the principle that the administrator
> > of the SERVER can override access permissions on his/her hardware. Pray
> > tell why you think that is "broken"?
>
> Well, administrator on CLIENT can impersonate whoever he wants,

Not really. Root squash has the very important effect that whatever
the client does, it cannot impersonate "root".

Miklos
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