From: Wendy Cheng Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] NLM lock failover Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:27:59 -0400 Message-ID: <1154698079.3378.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <44A41246.2070106@redhat.com> <1154397341.3378.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1154683665.21040.2431.camel@hole.melbourne.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: cluster-devel@redhat.com, lhh@redhat.com, Linux NFS Mailing List Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G8zXL-0006Uh-IN for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:16:23 -0700 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1G8zXK-00007Q-PX for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:16:24 -0700 To: Greg Banks In-Reply-To: <1154683665.21040.2431.camel@hole.melbourne.sgi.com> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 19:27 +1000, Greg Banks wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 11:55, Wendy Cheng wrote: > > o The nfs-utils config flag RESTRICTED_STATD must be off for NLM > > failover to be functional correctly. > > That would reopen this ancient security hole: > > http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html > > which might not be the best of ideas. > ok, thanks ! I'll look into this. But I believe nfs-utils-1.0.8-rc4 has this off by default ? -- Wendy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs