Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 08:49:29 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> Cc: guido@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mount_nfs mount_nfs.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970402084509.4064E-100000@kipper.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199704020721.JAA07167@gvr.win.tue.nl>
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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Guido van Rooij wrote: > > > > Did you leave a way to clear the NFSMNT_RESVPORT flag? The -P option sets > > it and so does -o resvport but -o noresvport won't work since the handling > > of the altflags passed to getmntopts by mount_nfs is bogus. It only > > handles setting flags and not clearing flags. It should be passing > > &nfsargsp->flags to getmntopts and the option table should use NFSMNT_* > > flags instead of ALTF_*. > > > > It doesn't handle. But when you want to be able tomount with non reserved > ports, also the mounts itsself should come form such a port. Currently that > is not true. Perhaps we should just not offer non-resvports? Or only based > on uid? I will probably fix the usage of getmntopts so that flag negation works. The issue of reserved or non-reserved ports is a red herring as far as security goes. The only reason for doing this is to improve interoperability with other NFS servers, such as Linux, which reject non-reserved ports. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891
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