Re: nfs daemon
> From: Alex Romosan <alex@juliet.fnal.gov>
> would any one care to enlighten me why the nfs daemons are commented
> out of /etc/init.d/netstd_nfs. i needed to mount a disk off another
> linux machine and i couldn't do it until i turned on the daemons by
> hand. are there any security issues associated with this? the same
> daemons are also commented out of /etc/inetd.conf.
Well if not configured properly (ie proper restrictions) it is
possible for anyone to mount your drives and then convince your
system that they have root file priveliges. I saw this on our local
Sun nfs server before I was given root access and fixed it.
IMHO, all network daemons should be disabled by default and the
sysadmin should have to enable them one by one. I hate spending
an hour on a new system just turning off things that I don't want
running.
Andrew
Reply to: