From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephan Henningsen Subject: Re: Trouble accessing NFS mountpoint as user Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:22:06 +0100 Message-ID: <459CD54E.9050107@amplex.dk> References: <459CB96A.1060806@amplex.dk> <1167901767.6046.17.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H2Pjz-0004Kl-3B for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:22:31 -0800 Received: from [62.242.67.89] (helo=server.amplex.dk) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1H2Pk0-0003rs-BL for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:22:32 -0800 To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <1167901767.6046.17.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Trond Myklebust wrote: > NFS will only support a maximum of 16 supplemental groups. That is a > protocol limitation, not a Linux implementation issue. I just did "chgrp dialout /var/files" on the server, changing to one of the first 16 supplemental groups, and now it works. Thank you very much for solving this mystery! > See for instance > http://nfsworld.blogspot.com/2005/03/whats-deal-on-16-group-id-limitation.html > if you want a more complete explanation of why this is the case. This suggests moving from NFS3 to NFS4. Is that an easy task? Mount as "nfs4" instead of "nfs" and compile the kernel nfs server to support nfs4? -- Stephan Henningsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs