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From: indra@snap.amd.com (Indra Singhal)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: Re: pcnfsd from inetd.conf, SunOS 4.0.3 question.
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Date: 6 Oct 89 23:59:25 GMT
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In article <892@east.East.Sun.COM> geoff@East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:
>[I say "the current version" because we have been asked by many
>people to fix things so that access as NOBODY is disallowed.
>Opinions?]
YES, we should definitely prevent access by NOBODY. Without that, anyone can
access any file from a PC known to be running PCNFS. Strong YES on that.

>Even with this, some users still have problems;
>the simplest fix is to change inetd.conf to include the program
>number instead of the name, thus:
>
>150001/1 dgram rpc/udp wait    root    /usr/etc/rpc.pcnfsd     rpc.pcnfsd
>
Absolutely right, as soon as I put the number instead of 'pcnfsd' it worked.
Thanks Geoff !

>Geoff Arnold,                              Internet: geoff@East.Sun.COM
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