> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 03:33:47AM +0000, Douglas Maus wrote:
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> > Is it possible for users (non-root) to mount NFS exports?

Mike Erdely responded:
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> From mount_nfs(8):
> HISTORY
>      The -P flag historically informed the kernel to use a reserved port
>      when communicating with clients.  In OpenBSD, a reserved port is
>      always used.
> 
> This means to me that you will always have to be root to use mount_nfs.
> Unless I'm missing something.
 
Alright, I'm confused - if you cannot use a reserved port unless you are root,
thus you have to be root to use mount_nfs, then why is there a mountd option -P
to tell the kernel to use a reserved port? Unless even root needs to tell the kernel
not to use a default unreserved port, but rather use a reserved one.

Douglas Maus