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#! rnews 1487 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!ix.netcom.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-was.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!news.gtn.com!news-hh.lynet.de!gtnduss1.du.gtn.com!www.punkt.de!not-for-mail From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: NFS with free bsd and linux Date: 29 Apr 1997 08:38:11 GMT Organization: WEB Internet Services Lines: 14 Message-ID: <01bc5478$ca8a4800$f3e94dc2@hugo09.ticsoft.de> References: <33658E27.3EAD@them.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hugo09.ticsoft.de X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:77035 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39901 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3112 > Can NOT export a Linux file system and mount it on the BSD box. Error > reported from the BSD box is premission denied, with no errors mentions > in /var/log/messages. The Linux box however reports: Apr 28 22:28:03 > gaia nfsd[23858]: NFS request from chatserver originated on insecure > port, psychoanalysis suggested in the /var/log/messages log! Use a priviledged port for the mount - it's an option to mount(8), something like -p or -P or similar. Have a look at the manual page, I'm typing this from memory ;-) This is a - braindamaged, IMHO - way of Linux, Solaris an some other Unices to "enhance security". Patrick