Re: CERT, about NFS

Steinar Haug (Steinar.Haug@runit.sintef.no)
Thu, 22 Dec 1994 15:08:39 +0100 (MET)

> >>          1. Do *not* self-reference an NFS server in its own exports file.
> >>          2. Do not allow the exports file to contain a "localhost" entry.
> 
> If a fileystem is exported to a netgroup, and that netgroup includes
> the local host (ie the name of the host, not "localhost", then does this
> count as self-reference?

Yes. This is precisely the problem.

Steinar Haug, SINTEF RUNIT, University of Trondheim, NORWAY
Email: Steinar.Haug@runit.sintef.no