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From: husemann@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Dirk Husemann)
Subject: Re: 386BSD-0.1 - NFS - do requests originate from privileged ports
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 07:18:31 GMT
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merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes:
>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?
If it doesn't it should be fairly trivial to get it in. I volunteer in case it
isn't in to put it in. Essentially in nfs_connect() you try to bind to a
privileged port (looping thru the privileged ports above 600 or so).
Dirk Husemann
Dirk Husemann Tel.: +49 9131 85 8029
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg FAX: +49 9131 39388
Department of Computer Science IV
Martenstrasse 1
D-W 8520 Erlangen, Germany
Dirk.Husemann@informatik.uni-erlangen.de
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