Ken Yap wrote: > In the Etherboot documentation I actually recommend using a > different directory for the tftp images, e.g. /tftpdir, because > NFS exports tend to be put under /tftpboot. If you have root FS > under /tftpboot, and it's exported with tftpd, someone could guess > /tftpboot/clientname/etc/passwd and fetch it for cracking. This is no problem with modern setups, where passwords are shadowed. There are no passwords in /etc/passwd when shadowing is used, and /etc/shadow itself is not world-readable. -- Greetings Pascal =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Pascal Schmidt <cobol@nord-com.net> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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