Advanced Exercises


7.

When is it a good idea to disable attribute caching?

8.

Describe the difference between the root_squash and the all_squash options in /etc/exports.

9.

Why does the secure option in /etc/exports not really provide any security?

10.

Some diskless workstations use NFS as swap space. Why is this useful? What is the downside?

11.

NFS maps client users to users on the server. Explain why this mapping is a security risk.

12.

What does the mount nosuid option do? Why would you want to do this?




A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux
A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 0132280272
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 383

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