Re: nfs permission problem

2009-09-03 Thread Chris Davies
Markus Grunwald  wrote:
> there is a strange permission problem with a NFS share on my system.
> Somehow, it is not recognized that my user "markus" is in the group
> "wir", when I do changes on a NFS mount. If I do the changes local on
> the server, everything is fine... Let me go into the details:

Using the default Debian installation you need to set the group
memberships on the NFS Server, not on the Client.


> I was working with nfs for years, but I have not the slightest idea what
> the problem is here...

See rpc.mountd(8) with its --manage-gids option, and (apparently)
http://wiki.debian.org/?SecuringNFS

Chris


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Re: nfs permission problem

2009-08-30 Thread Markus Grunwald
Hello Frank,
>> I was working with nfs for years, but I have not the slightest idea what
>> the problem is here...
> 
> I know this :)

Yes, NFS sometimes seems to cause stange problems ...

> Just a thought... has the group wir the same gid on the server?

Yes, gid is 1008 on both computers. I think I mentioned it somewhere in
my post.

>  Whats in
> the logs if you get the error? Does it work if you mount without autofs?

Which log? I found no message in /var/log/messages, syslog or daemon.log...
I didn't try to mount without autofs, but I'll catch up on this.

Thanks for your help!
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Re: nfs permission problem

2009-08-29 Thread frank thyes
Hi Markus,

On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 11:24 +0200, Markus Grunwald wrote:

> I was working with nfs for years, but I have not the slightest idea what
> the problem is here...

I know this :)

> Could you please help me?

Just a thought... has the group wir the same gid on the server? Whats in
the logs if you get the error? Does it work if you mount without autofs?

Cheers
Frank


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