From: Alexander Povolotsky <ap80@lucent.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] cpu server as FS
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 08:30:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9cvc7b$55v@nntpa.cb.lucent.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E14vbls-000C0G-0B@finch-post-11.mail.demon.net>
Man pages do not show options "listen" and "noauth" for kfscmd - where it
came from ?
"Richard Miller" <miller@hamnavoe.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:E14vbls-000C0G-0B@finch-post-11.mail.demon.net...
> > I think. It only works on cpu servers
> > (/dev/key has to be readable).
>
> True, for file service with authentication you do need to run it on a
> cpu server.
>
> But kfs on a terminal will also serve its filesystem to the network
> if you do 'disk/kfscmd listen'. If you add 'disk/kfscmd noneattach',
> then other machines will be able to attach as user 'none'.
> If you add 'disk/kfscmd noauth', other machines will be able to attach
> as any user, but kfs will accept the remote user identity without
> attempting to authenticate.
>
> Clearly this is not at all secure; but it may be useful on a local
> network of trusted machines, with no outside connection -- for example,
> to "synchronise" your laptop with the fs on a standalone Plan 9 machine.
>
> -- Richard
>
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2001-05-04 8:53 Richard Miller
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