From: Frank van Maarseveen Subject: Re: nfs permissions / access problem Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:06:09 +0200 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20020813200609.A5627@iapetus.localdomain> References: <20020813143423.QHGF221.sccrmhc02.attbi.com@there> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Linux NFS mailing list Return-path: Received: from grootstal.nijmegen.internl.net ([217.149.192.7]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17eg5n-0008W9-00 for ; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:08:31 -0700 To: Neal Lippman In-Reply-To: <20020813143423.QHGF221.sccrmhc02.attbi.com@there>; from nl@lippman.org on Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:38:08AM -0400 Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 10:38:08AM -0400, Neal Lippman wrote: > > Following what I would have done for a local directory, I created the > directory: /shared and set its ownship to root, with group=sharedgroup, and > then gave group permissions of rwx. I made sure each user who needs to use > the shared directory is in the sharedgroup on the server, and for good > measure also did so on each workstation (and yes, the gid's are the same on > each machine). Unfortunately, the directory remains inaccessible via nfs with > this scheme. Just a guess: Only the first 16 groups ids of the secondary group list are sent to the server (RPC protocol limitation). Try the groups command and when "sharedgroup" is the seventeenth or more on the NFS client then it's the cause of the problem. In that case, see http://web.inter.nl.net/users/fvm for a patch or re-arrange the group memberships. -- Frank ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs