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Subject: Re: NFS permission problems - unprivileged port
To: svincent@vince.avalon.rs.net (Subramaniam Vincent)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 13:33:53 +0930 (CST)
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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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