Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 20:39:23 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 191218] mountd: can't change attributes for XXXXXXX: Invalid radix node head, rn: 0 0xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX; can still mount path Message-ID: <bug-191218-8-sijgVCeYtR@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-191218-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-191218-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191218 --- Comment #3 from yaneurabeya@gmail.com --- (In reply to yaneurabeya from comment #0) ... > As shown above, /tmp/bar doesn't show up via showmount -e for the list of > exports but the path is mountable and I created /tmp/hello_world, and it This should have been "/tmp/bar/hello_world" (In reply to Xin LI from comment #2) > Exporting subdirectories of a mountpoint is problematic and this is a well > known limitation of the protocol. I don't consider this as a security issue > because the administrator is supposed to know what they are doing. The security concern was over the fact that mountd is clearly reporting an error in the code, but hiding the fact that it's actually an error; unless the administrator is looking for errors from mountd, they have absolutely _no_ idea that the path is actually exported. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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