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In a traditional NFS deployment using auth_unix, the clients are trusted to correctly report the credentials of their logged-in users. The server assumes that only root on client machines is allowed to send requests from low-numbered ports, so it can use the originating port number to distinguish "real" NFS clients from NFS clients run by ordinary users, to prevent ordinary users from spoofing credentials. The originating port number on a gss-authenticated request is less important. The authentication ties the request to a user, and we take it as proof that that user authorized the request. The low port number check no longer adds much. So, don't enforce low port numbers in the auth_gss case. Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.