Re: SSH Newbie Questions: SSH and NFS-exported user homes

On 15 Sep 2007 11:48:30 GMT, all mail refused <elvis-85363@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2007-09-15, Ignoramus19284 <ignoramus19284@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That root can get any file of the user, is nothing specificaklly
related to ssh.

But when NFS is involved root on some other host gets access to the files
of a user - and may then help himself to ssh access as that user.


Well, the root could get local keys, and get into the remote account,
even without NFS?

i
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