From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 8 08:14:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA13151 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com ([207.137.172.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA13145 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:14:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ccsales.ccsales.com (ccsales.ccsales.com [207.137.172.4]) by ccsales.ccsales.com (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA04358; Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:17:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 08:17:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Randy Katz To: Thomas Neuhaus cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS Mounting Question In-Reply-To: <199704081318.PAA28527@icemserv.folkwang.uni-essen.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk If I export those filesystems read-only and only to root and only to www1's IP address, isn't it the same as them being on one machine...security wise? Or...please explain what the problem could be. Thanx, Randy Katz On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Thomas Neuhaus wrote: > > I have machines www1, www2, & www3. IP Addresses 206.5.38.5, 206.5.38.6 > > & 206.5.38.7 > > > > Machine www1 has a tape drive and www2 & www3 don't. > > > > I want to mount, read-only from www1 all filesystems on all the machines > > (www2 & www3) and be able to back them up. > > Not necessarily a good idea IMHO if there are other users on www1 or if > there is an internet connection. But you might give rdump a try. > > regards, > > Thomas > > > -- > Thomas Neuhaus(neuhaus@folkwang.uni-essen.de) Phone (49)-201-4903-333 > ICEM Institut fuer Computermusik und elektronische Medien > Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, Klemensborn 39, D-49239 Essen > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > RAK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Randy A. Katz Computer Consultation & Sales 505 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 472 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (213) 307-9581 http://www.ccsales.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------