Fw: [Courses] [FS] a socket + finger question

[Vatsan Madhavan]

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> > One thing to check.  Is your home directory on a network filesystem,
> > such as nfs?  If you can access your home directory from many
> > different machines, it probably is.  Named pipes do not work on most
> > network filesystems.
>
> Yes, it is on a nfs mounted filesystem. I've tested it otherwise, and
named
> pipes work fine. Perhaps Laura Bowser's explanation could explain the
> behaviour. But what security problems could potentially arise ?
>
> -Vatsan.
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