Re: UID,GID problemUID,GID problem, I think.... (fwd)

[markus@infoscape.com]

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Adi Cretu writes:
 >   (/etc/inittab have a line like         1:1234:respawn:/bin/bash -login)

this is a very dangerous setup, because people can use your machine
with root level privileges, but do not need to enter a password.

 > I have root access (id reports uid=0(root) gid=0(root)), but, (strange!) I
 > have no rights at all!. I think there is a problem with what you said
 > ugidd daemon, which I can't find at all even I searched the sunsite
 > archive. 

Most likely, you just forgot to specify the no_root_squash option in
/etc/exports on the server. Check the manual page for "exports".


Markus

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