From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 15:21:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48FDA1065676 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:21:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E44408FC15 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:21:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws13 with SMTP id 13so9567479vws.13 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:20:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ap5HZNSUNASU7MnD+Pr9PvO9cTe8BjDhPFpgrKxnMX4=; b=AAHxXW889A3PJK1rq5Z5ybvZkiWv7l659uz+6Dmt5d5AIQxYaPqzVaI7HzyAEyHb8d vnjiCt2l5/kcyit0pmliTf3smZxW2cfIy1RBl2R6sD4ZJaepFVvsbymYc2htOZWayr37 QW2XJj4B2/hiOq++p6HMB7brb1u1+2q3iifWw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=JWO1uyS3nFcfwLWotfDlctVOQp0Ek4AR+2FaFPPIiyqcrUFbNojcmUVcqSio3TTNZR oddzIWX5MkS9yRDdZHuF903bK/yJd38DI2j9Wo/RiPZulGfC4X1TOobXhcuhb1CBXz2k hCLJlwLEOD5eNctI2lUSlq14P/c1vsPwm9/hY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.106.18 with SMTP id v18mr4855566qao.172.1277824857680; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:20:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.109.195 with HTTP; Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:20:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20100627221607.GA31646@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <20100628031401.GA45282@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <20100628140054.GA52174@kay.kiwi-computer.com> <20100629134033.O9227@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:20:57 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Rick Macklem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "Rick C. Petty" , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ian Smith Subject: Re: Why is NFSv4 so slow? (root/toor) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:21:08 -0000 On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Rick Macklem wrote: > I suppose if the FreeBSD world feels that "root" and "toor" must both > exist in the password database, then "nfsuserd" could be hacked to handle > the case of translating uid 0 to "root" without calling getpwuid(). It > seems ugly, but if deleting "toor" from the password database upsets > people, I can do that. > I agree with Ian on this. I don't use toor either, but have seen people use it, and sometimes it will get recommended here for various reasons e.g. running a root account with a different default shell. It wouldn't bother me having to do this provided it was documented, but having to do so would be a POLA violation to many users I think. -- Adam Vande More