>Number:         6674
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       NFS server does not allow user mkfifo
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 28 16:05:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     matthew green
>Organization:
people's front against (bozotic) www (softwar foundation)
>Release:        <NetBSD-current source date>1.3.2, -current 19981222
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD splode.eterna.com.au 1.3H NetBSD 1.3H (_splode_) #382: Wed Oct 28 16:53:34 EST 1998 mrg@splode.eterna.com.au:/orb/v/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_splode_ sparc


>Description:

	the NetBSD NFS server does not let a non-root user mkfifo.  it does
	not matter who the client is, although NetBSD and SunOS (4 & 5) give
	different error messages.

>How-To-Repeat:

	as non-root, try this on a FS mounted "normally" (ie, no `nodev' even)
	from a NetBSD nfs server:

	NetBSD > mkfifo foo
	mkfifo: foo: Input/output error

	Solaris > mkfifo foo
	mkfifo: Not owner

>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: