Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 13:33:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: svincent@vince.avalon.rs.net (Subramaniam Vincent) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS permission problems - unprivileged port Message-ID: <199606210403.NAA08490@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960620122143.907A-100000@vince.avalon.rs.net> from "Subramaniam Vincent" at Jun 20, 96 12:36:07 pm
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Subramaniam Vincent stands accused of saying:
>
> I am trying to use the mount_nfs command to mount a Sun OS 4.1.4 filesystem
> . After I mount the filesystem, I cant do ls or pwd or any such commands
> , because I get a permission denied message. The Sun OS Server has a lot
> of security running , and
>
> is showing these warnings
>
> Jun 19 14:59:34 zephyr vmunix: NFS request from unprivileged port.
> Jun 19 14:59:34 zephyr vmunix: nfs_server: weak authentication, source IP
> addres s=198.32.4.160
'man mount_nfs' shows :
-P Use a reserved socket port number. This is useful for mounting
servers that require clients to use a reserved port number.
This is a known Sun-ism, and should probably be in the FAQ.
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