Re: NFS v4, are special steps required for uid/gid to work, even if they are the same on server and client?

[Robb Barrows <rbarr138@gmail.com>]

J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...> writes:

> > So my real question is why cant user:user create a file in 
/test/chmod775 ?
> 
> Hm, and chmod775 should permit write to members of common, and user is a
> member of common on both client and server (and names and uids are the
> same on both).
> 
> I'm not seeing the explanation....
> 
> I think the next thing I'd do would be get a network trace:
> 
> 	1. run "tcpdump -s0 -wtmp.pcap"
> 	2. try the failed "touch /test/chmod755/file"
> 	3. kill the tcpdump
> 
> Then run "wireshark tmp.pcap" and look at the result.  If this is v4
> thee should be an OPEN call in there that tries to create "file", with
> the server replying with an error.
> 
> It'd be especially interesting to look at the rpc header on that call,
> specifically the credential, which should include a list of gid's (with
> 20000 being one of those gid's).
> 

I did this and indeed 20000 was not in the list of "Auxiliary GIDs" of the 
rpc header credentials as it should of been.  A reboot fixed this, so now it 
works. 

I had restarted the terminal but it looks since I had other sessions logged 
in that wasn't enough to get the new gid to propogate, I should know better. 

Running
# sudo newgrp common
Probably would of fixed it for me, as it adds you to the group without 
requiring logging out, I'll never trust the "groups" command again :)

Thank you helping me find the issue.

-Robb