Are file handles randomly generated in NFS?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Issue

  • Are file handles randomly generated in NFS?
  • Is there any form of file handle spoofing via NFS that is provided by Red Hat?

Resolution

  • No. File handles are not randomly generated in NFS, however file handles should be opaque to the client, the server uses specific portions of a file and that export to generate a file handle. This is information that should only be available server side, such as the inode of the file. The file handles aren't necessarily "randomly" generated each time a client connects though.

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