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Date:      Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:17:52 +0100 (MET)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        darrylo@sr.hp.com, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail can't create PID file because of owner permission of /var/run
Message-ID:  <199703242017.VAA01096@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
In-Reply-To: <199703241935.MAA20475@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "24. Mar. 97 12:33:28"

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> Note:
> 
> If you're using NFS, you're not concerned about security.  NFS is simply
> insecure no matter how you want to slice it, and if you're relying on
> noroot for security you're going to get broken into.

What alternative would you recommend for a networked file system ?

> NFS == No Freaking Security!

> Nate

Robert

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