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regarding nfs with more than 16 groups. --manage-gids
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Package: nfs-kernel-server
Version: 1.0.10-6+etch.1
Severity: Wishlist
Hi,
The NFS protocol cannot transfer more than 16 groups which a user is member
of. so when you have some directories that you can only access as member of a
special group and you are in more than 16 groups, then access to that
directories will not be granted.
This is extremly hard to debug. I had this problem myself for several years
now and worked around it by running applications by ssh -X on servers instead
of on clients.
The last days i wrote several debugging programs and finally found out, that
depending on the amount of groups i am in, access will be granted or not.
then suddenly i found information on the internet. there users said they also
had such problems for years. some even claim "they switched back to
windows" :-)
The problem here definitly is that there is no information. you don't even
find anything in nfs manpages or in configuration files.
i think it is pretty common to be member of more than 16 groups today.
It should be noted, that the problem exists in all versions of nfs, also in
nfs4. i tested it.
The only chance to get away with that problem is to add the "--manage-gids"
option or "-g" to rpc.mountd. then it works - again in all nfs versions. also
nfs4.
I would say that option should be the default, but i found a debian bug report
saying that then mac os x hangs on mounting that share. that should be
checked.
So my wish is:
1) the kernel (i don't know if client or server) MUST put some error message
in the syslog like "nfs client: can only transfer 16 member groups. dropping
some groups. expect random failures. Add --manage-gids to rpc.mountd" or so.
Just a hint that there is something going wrong and what to google for!
instead you are left alone without any kind of information at all. that's
really bad!
2) --manage-gids should be default option
3) nfs in debian-etch should also support --manage-gids, not just in debian
lenny.
cya!
erik
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Source: nfs-utils
Source-Version: 1:1.1.4-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
nfs-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
nfs-common_1.1.4-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-common_1.1.4-1_i386.deb
nfs-kernel-server_1.1.4-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-kernel-server_1.1.4-1_i386.deb
nfs-utils_1.1.4-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.1.4-1.diff.gz
nfs-utils_1.1.4-1.dsc
to pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.1.4-1.dsc
nfs-utils_1.1.4.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/n/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.1.4.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
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Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:01:19 +0100
Source: nfs-utils
Binary: nfs-kernel-server nfs-common
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1:1.1.4-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Steinar H. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
nfs-common - NFS support files common to client and server
nfs-kernel-server - support for NFS kernel server
Closes: 480909 492970 493059 502122 503643
Changes:
nfs-utils (1:1.1.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release. Patch status:
* 01-sm-notify-in-sbin.patch: Refreshed.
* 03-handle-mtab-symlink.patch: Refreshed.
* 05-default-use-old-mount-interface.patch: Removed (see below).
* 07-remove-duplicate-exports-paragraphs.patch: No change.
* 09-492827-cache.c.patch: Integrated by upstream, removed.
* 10-493659-nfs.man.patch: No change.
* Do not sync() in sm-notify if there are no hosts to be notified.
(Closes: #502122)
* Removed 05-default-use-old-mount-interface.patch, ie. revert to the new
text-based mount interface, as this package is not intended for lenny.
Probably reopens several older bugs, but Closes: #480909, #492970.
* Fix abuses of $? in nfs-kernel-server.init (they were already OK in
nfs-common.init, for some reason). (Closes: #503643)
* In /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server.default, add --manage-gids to the default
set of mountd options. (Closes: #493059)
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