Hi all,

I'm trying to solve a really annoying problem at the office. We have a server computer running red hat 9 which is sharing some folders over nfs, for people to store their documents in. Everybody needs access to all the other people's files. This is where the trouble begins. Usually it's impossible to open other peoples files and you get a warning message saying you don't have the right permissions! The shared folder is 777 and shared with read and write access.

What should I do?

Would be very grateful for help

Thanks

Hi,

When the users create a file, using NFS, in the server appears the owner, group and permissions correctly? Have the stations and server the same /etc/passwd and /etc/group? “If you are not root, then usernames may not be in sync on the client and the server. Type id [user] on both the client and the server and make sure they give the same UID number.. If the user names match then the user has a more general permissions problem unrelated to NFS.”

Thank you for your reply!

Unfortunately the workstations and the server do not use the same /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, so I guess you're right about the UID and the GID numbers not being synced. How would I resolve this problem? Use some system for centralized logins like NIS or could I just make the users members of a group that is the same GID on all computers?

Thanks again

Firstly, I want to know if you see (in the server) the owner and permissions correctly when any user creates a file or directory.

“Once the NFS file system is mounted read-write by a remote host, the only protection each shared file has is its permissions. If two users that share the same userid value mount the same NFS file system, they will be able to modify each others files.” Maybe for each station exists a user when the same uid and group and in this case is enough the user creation over the server of the common userid and group that use the stations.