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Re: more re: nfs openbsd setattr bug

This is a discussion on Re: more re: nfs openbsd setattr bug within the mailing.openbsd.tech forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, rick@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca wrote: > > I can confirm your diff fixes things for me. I'm ...


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Old 02-18-2008, 08:28 AM
Otto Moerbeek
 
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Default Re: more re: nfs openbsd setattr bug

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, rick@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca wrote:

> > I can confirm your diff fixes things for me. I'm woried about one
> > thing though: what if the client does atime TOSERVER mtime TOCLIENT?
> > That should not be allowed.
> >
> > So here's a revised diff that catches that.

>
> Yep, I'd agree. It seems absurd that a client would do this, but I suppose
> the server should be paranoid and protect against it. Your diff looks fine
> to me.


It's still not covering all cases: atime TOCLIENT mtime TOSERVER is
allowed, while it should not. Will come up with a new diff tomorrow.

But this is just fine-tuning, I'm glad we know what is going on now.
Thanks,

-Otto

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