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From: bob@jupiter.UUCP (Bob Schulman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Unix Authorization Info
Message-ID: <892@jupiter.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 89 22:56:18 GMT
Reply-To: bob@jupiter.UUCP (Bob Schulman)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Jupiter Systems
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The Unix authorization info which is in the NFS/mount protocol includes a field
called the "machine name" (or something like that). Is this field used
by anyone? What do NFS servers/mount daemons do if this field is garbage
or if it's a zero length string?

Thanks for the info.

bob schulman
	bob@jupiter.com -or- uunet!jupiter!bob