Re: nis & shadow
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On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> This is true. However note how you said "if the request for the map
> comes from a non-root user". How do you supposed the NIS server
> determines that you're "not a root user"? I'll tell you: ident. I can
> whip up an ident server on my NT box in two minutes that'll tell you I'm
> any user I want. This is not security.
>
Dont you have to break down the door of the NOC, put your NT box
on my lan an take my host off first? Why would it care waht your UID is if
your not a valid host to feed maps to.
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