Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:20:57 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd2009@kiwi-computer.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: Why is NFSv4 so slow? (root/toor) Message-ID: <AANLkTimjDIQ4FRYAD3N_L1C1VermRX3S1PhvG5dSvz5A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.1006291054350.24800@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <20100627221607.GA31646@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <Pine.GSO.4.63.1006271949220.3233@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> <20100628031401.GA45282@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <Pine.GSO.4.63.1006280017190.2680@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> <20100628140054.GA52174@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <Pine.GSO.4.63.1006281950260.13834@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> <20100629134033.O9227@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <Pine.GSO.4.63.1006291054350.24800@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote: > I suppose if the FreeBSD world feels that "root" and "toor" must both > exist in the password database, then "nfsuserd" could be hacked to handle > the case of translating uid 0 to "root" without calling getpwuid(). It > seems ugly, but if deleting "toor" from the password database upsets > people, I can do that. > I agree with Ian on this. I don't use toor either, but have seen people use it, and sometimes it will get recommended here for various reasons e.g. running a root account with a different default shell. It wouldn't bother me having to do this provided it was documented, but having to do so would be a POLA violation to many users I think. -- Adam Vande More
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