Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-03 Thread Gordon Messmer
Denis Jacobi wrote: So I either have to patch the kernel for acl support or to change the allowed group number or think of something other. I'm really disappointed in linux having this "user in only 32 group" limitation. AFAIK, it's not an uncommon limitation. Furthermore, some Unix protocols lik

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-03 Thread Denis Jacobi
Cliff Wells wrote: > I just talked to a friend of mine. He informs me that if you're using > XFS or EXT3 with ACL support then you can do: > > chown -R > chmod 700 > setfacl -R -m u:apache:r > > on the virtual host directories. The user will then own the directory > and it will be unreadable

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Tom Pollerman
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 01:58:27 +0200 "Denis Jacobi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > > Cliff Wells wrote: --->snip > > :-) I thought I descriebed the problem pretty good using Bob and > Emma. > > Well, sadly there is a more se

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 15:58, Denis Jacobi wrote: > :-) I thought I descriebed the problem pretty good using Bob and Emma. Oh, we see the problem alright . > Well, sadly there is a more serious background to my problem. In my > case Bob is the apache webserver. That bastard. > I installed a new

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Denis Jacobi
Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) > > > > > > However, consider the pros and cons: > > > > > > Firing Bob: > > > - Easy. > > > - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. > > > > > >

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread John Nichel
Jeff Kinz wrote: On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: Firing Bob: - Easy. - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. Working around group limit: - Hard. - Will make you look bad while you sea

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread David Hollister
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 15:10, Ed Wilts wrote: > > It's getting obvious we're talking about Microsoft Bob here. The last I > heard, he was a felon wanted in 36 states. Dead or Alive. Preferably > dead. But only 32 states are actually aware of it... -- David Hollister Furthurnet - Free, legal P

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) > > > > > > However, consider the pros and cons: > > > > > > Firing Bob: > > > - Easy. > > > - Indicates a decisive n

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > Firing Bob: > > > - Easy. > > > - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. > > > > > > Working around group limit: > > > - Hard. > > > - Will ma

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) > > > > However, consider the pros and cons: > > > > Firing Bob: > > - Easy. > > - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. > > > > Working around group limit: > > - Har

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread John Nichel
Cliff Wells wrote: Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) However, consider the pros and cons: Firing Bob: - Easy. - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. Working around group limit: - Hard. - Will make you look bad while you search for a solution. Also, you should try to focus

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 12:33, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:22:32PM +0200, Denis Jacobi wrote: > > I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I > > have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created > > another group (emma) and added the user (bo

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:22:32PM +0200, Denis Jacobi wrote: > I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I > have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created > another group (emma) and added the user (bob) to the group emma. Bob > should now be able to rea

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 12:22, Denis Jacobi wrote: > Hi, > > I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I > have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created > another group (emma) and added the user (bob) to the group emma. Bob > should now be able to read fi

problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Denis Jacobi
Hi, I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created another group (emma) and added the user (bob) to the group emma. Bob should now be able to read files where group emma has read permission on. The problem is t