Re: NIS with local root

From: Kevin Jackson (kevin.jackson@genaware.com)
Date: 01/30/03

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    From: Kevin Jackson <kevin.jackson@genaware.com>
To: focus-linux@securityfocus.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:31:51 +0000

    Not entirely true.
    Its the NFS export options - i.e. root_squash that needs to be used.

    /export/home @netgroup(rw,root_squash)
    /export/home adminpc(rw,no_root_squash)

    only adminpc's root can modify files.

    Kev

    > If server mounts all the home dir, not automounts user dir upon logon
    > then root can do everything.
    > 

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Kevin Jackson
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