[Samba] Re: Problem running kde

Markus Meissner mlist at meissner.it
Mon Nov 15 11:30:57 GMT 2004


Michal Kurowski wrote on Montag, 15. November 2004 11:00:
> Tilo Lutz [TiloLutz at gmx.de] wrote:
>> NFS is too insecure because it trusts remote id numbers and there
>> is no way of authentication. Everone able to be root on a client
>> can read all data on my server.
> 
> Sorry, that's rubbish. Read the docs.

I don't like nfs, too. Its permission-system is based on IPs. If you take
your Laptop, disconnect the "trusted" client, connect the cable to you
laptop with the "trusted" ip you have access to all files on the nfs-server
the trusted client has had access to. Correct me if I am wrong. 

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Beste Gruesse / Best regards Markus Meissner



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