From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Mar 24 12:23:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA02917 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:23:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA02912 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:23:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.8.4/8.8.4) id VAA01096; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:17:52 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199703242017.VAA01096@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: sendmail can't create PID file because of owner permission of /var/run In-Reply-To: <199703241935.MAA20475@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "24. Mar. 97 12:33:28" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:17:52 +0100 (MET) Cc: darrylo@sr.hp.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Note: > > If you're using NFS, you're not concerned about security. NFS is simply > insecure no matter how you want to slice it, and if you're relying on > noroot for security you're going to get broken into. What alternative would you recommend for a networked file system ? > NFS == No Freaking Security! > Nate Robert -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de