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From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: 386BSD-0.1 - NFS - do requests originate from privileged ports
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Date: 17 Jul 92 04:28:45 GMT
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Hello,

Does 386BSD-0.1 originate NFS/mount requests from port numbers <= 1024?

SUN NFS as configured on our campus requires this capability.  SCO UNIX
does not presently provide this feature.  Does 386BSD provide have this
capability as it is presently distributed?

Thanks, AJ

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Alexander-James Annala
Principal Investigator
Neuroscience Image Analysis Network
HEDCO Neuroscience Building, Fifth Floor
University of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520
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