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From: Brian Waite <waite@skycomputers•com>
To: jeffrey.d.kowing@nasa•gov
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists•linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: NFS root manipulation without being superuser?
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:48:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200211151348.11492.waite@skycomputers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15829.8892.699280.307557@igor.jsc.nasa.gov>


you could export the fs from the dev host as no_root_squash an insecure
for example
/home   *(rw,insecure,no_root_squash)

That will allow the embedded host to modify files on the NFS filesystem as
root. Does tha accomplish what you need?

Thanks
Brian

On Friday 15 November 2002 11:37 am, Jeff Kowing wrote:
> During embedded system developement, I use an NFS root mounted
> filesystem that is exported from my development workstation.  I am
> constantly having to "su root" on my development workstation when I
> want to manipulate the root filesystem for the target machine. I was
> wondering if anyone uses a safer technique that allows manipulation of
> the target's root filesystem without being root on the development
> workstation.
>
> I know I could make the exported filesystem all be owned by my
> unprivledged user and group name, but I would like the target machine
> to see those files as owned by root as would normally be the case.
>
> Anyways, I was just curious if I am missing out on some cool technique
> that other's use that I am not brilliant enough to come up with on my
> own.
>
> Thanks.


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  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-15 18:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-15 16:37 NFS root manipulation without being superuser? Jeff Kowing
2002-11-15 18:48 ` Brian Waite [this message]
2002-11-15 19:58   ` Jeff Kowing
2002-11-15 20:24     ` Chris Hallinan
     [not found] <0060C09C.C21188@nasa.gov>
2002-11-15 20:16 ` Jerry Van Baren
2002-11-15 21:51   ` William A. Gatliff
2002-11-15 22:42     ` Jerry Van Baren
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-16  0:31 Rod Boyce

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