nfs_mount in AIX

[rick () msc cornell edu (rick () msc cornell edu)]

It appears that the completely undocumented routine 'nfs_mount' can be
used by a non-root user to mount a daemon on a directory ala NFS.  It
seems to me that this is a very nasty security hole.

I can't offer more details since, as I said, the routine is completely
undocumented, and the only working example I have is in a piece of
third-party software to which I do not have source.

I would appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this.

-Rick

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