From: mehta kiran Subject: Re: file :"/var/lib/nfs/rmtab" Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 21:01:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20050204050123.69399.qmail@web51610.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050204045256.38920.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: James Pearson , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Cwvb0-0007Uv-Hi for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:01:30 -0800 Received: from web51610.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.38.215]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cwvay-0002n8-Ti for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:01:30 -0800 To: Paul Clements In-Reply-To: <20050204045256.38920.qmail@web51603.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: I am using 2.6 kernel --- mehta kiran wrote: > Hi , > if handle supplied by client is sufficient > , > then why does the problem given below exists. > > 1. export filesystem to client. > 2. let client allow to mount it. > 3. remove all entries from rmtab on server. > 4. restart all nfs daemons. > 5. Now if client access filesystem , it gets > permission denied error.Client can access > filesystem only after remounting it. > 6. This show that mountd still uses rmtab to > check if client had mounted filesystem or not. > No entry in rmtab for a client means it has not > mounted filesystem. > > thanks, > --kiran > > --- Paul Clements > wrote: > > > mehta kiran wrote: > > > > > Isn't handle supplied by client > > > enough to verify clients access to > > > filesystem.? > > > > Yes, it should be. That's why in 2.6, the rmtab > file > > is no longer relied > > upon. Instead, there is a special filesystem, > > /proc/fs/nfsd, that allows > > the kernel to communicate with mountd in order to > > authenticate > > unrecognized clients automatically. > > > > -- > > Paul > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- > > Interactive Reporting > > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop > > reports. Save time > > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to > > DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > > Download a FREE copy at > > http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > > _______________________________________________ > > NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- > Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop > reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to > DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at > http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs