Re: nfs problems

[Simon Brandmair <sbrandmair@gmx.net>]

Hi,

On 05/08/2015 09:00 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2015 00:50:24 -0400
> Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
>> On Friday 08 May 2015 00:36:51 briand@aracnet.com wrote:
>>> On Fri, 8 May 2015 00:03:22 -0400
>>> Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> i just finished wrestling with NFS set-up problems myself.
> 
> Add "no_root_squash" here, and root will be able to write on the
> clients.

But isn't there a potential security risk in using that option? AFAIK,
with that option enabled, a remote root user (on the nfs client) could
gain root privileges the nfs server.

Cheers,
Simon