* Peter Wemm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080110 17:39] wrote: > On Jan 10, 2008 5:00 PM, Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > * John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080110 15:33] wrote: > > > jhb 2008-01-10 23:36:00 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sys/nfsclient nfs_socket.c > > > Log: > > > Pass curthread to various socket routines (socreate(), sobind(), and > > > soconnect()) instead of &thread0 when establishing a connection to the > > > NFS > > > server. Otherwise inconsistent credentials may be used when setting up > > > the NFS socket. > > > > I'm not sure, but I think this may be a regression, I seem to recall > > that a long time ago it was switched to &thread0 because otherwise > > certain operations can fail due to curthread not running as root. > > That's my recollection too. For example, when nfs is configured to > bind to a priviliged local port for making queries or connections, it > had to be done as root. With tcp mounts, the connection can be > dropped and a reconnect required at any time.
This could be implemented by a handoff to a thread that does the appropriate setuid call beforehand, or perhaps the credential inconsistencies can be further expained or fixed. -Alfred _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
