On 22/12/10 01:41 -0800, codex chen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 16 GIDs limitation on NFS exists for a long time.
> Recently I noticed that the Linux NFS-utils 1.1.5 rpc.mountd just added
> one parameter called "-g / --manage-gids" to override the 16-gid limitations.
>
> I went back to Solaris 10 u9 and tried to check the version of
> /usr/lib/nfs/mountd; I found the mountd still stays at 2005 version. Is it
> possible to enhance the mountd
> so that it can support "-g" parameter as well?
>
> Without patching the mountd the NFS-exported zfs filesystems still suffer
> with 16-gid limitation.
>
> Will Oracle add this parameter of mountd in the next version of Solaris /
> opensolaris or this will be patched in Oracle's commercial
> productions/storage systems only?
>
Long-term solution for this problem is to use NFS version 4.
-jan
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