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Date:      Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:35:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Subramaniam Vincent <svincent@vince.avalon.rs.net>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NFS permission problems - unprivileged port
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960621013434.169A-100000@vince.avalon.rs.net>
In-Reply-To: <199606210403.NAA08490@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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Thanks. Guess I was looking deep under, and missed the surface 
completely. It works fine now.  I think it should be in the FAQ too.

> 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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