The solution to this is to NOT make the xterms mount the users' homes.
This is both not necessary and a security breach.
Use xdm on the server to control the xterm display. This way users
don't need to run anything in the local machine, and the server does
not export the filesystems.
Some of our
The solution to this is to NOT make the xterms mount the users' homes.
This is both not necessary and a security breach.
Use xdm on the server to control the xterm display. This way users
don't need to run anything in the local machine, and the server does
not export the filesystems.
Some of our
* Ethan Benson
| note that i don't fully understand how coda works, but the impression
| i get is you need a very large ammount of LOCAL disk space to hold
| coda's cache/offline storage. this to me defeats the purpose of a
| network filesystem in a large number of cases (i have several machines
* Jure Mercun
| I Don't know, whether this can be exploited, but it's better to be
| sre.
It's not suid anything, so it can't be used for anything, but it's a
bug, yes. (I haven't confirmed it).
--
Tollef Fog Heen
Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.
* Ethan Benson
| note that i don't fully understand how coda works, but the impression
| i get is you need a very large ammount of LOCAL disk space to hold
| coda's cache/offline storage. this to me defeats the purpose of a
| network filesystem in a large number of cases (i have several machine
* Jure Mercun
| I Don't know, whether this can be exploited, but it's better to be
| sre.
It's not suid anything, so it can't be used for anything, but it's a
bug, yes. (I haven't confirmed it).
--
Tollef Fog Heen
Unix _IS_ user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are.
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On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 01:08:14PM -0400, Brad Allen wrote:
> erbenson> NFS is insecure, deal with it.
>
> Such as use something besides NFS that is secure; the options are thin
> and immature, but you may still look around because I have a feeling
> there may be a good match, if you're willing to
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 01:08:14PM -0400, Brad Allen wrote:
> erbenson> NFS is insecure, deal with it.
>
> Such as use something besides NFS that is secure; the options are thin
> and immature, but you may still look around because I have a feeling
> there may be a good match, if you're willing t
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