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From: Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: How to compile on one machine and install on another?
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 04:45:24PM -0500, Eli Carter wrote:
> Gabriel Rocha wrote:
> > you could always compile on one machine and nfs mount the /usr/src/linux
> > and do a make modules_install from the nfs mounted directory...
> 
> Which would require exporting that filesystem with root permissions
> enabled...any security bells going off?

Why would you need to have nfs root access?

You're reading from the nfs mount, not writing to it.

mrc
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