From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Oct 2 12:24:36 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AA1EA0D33E for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:24:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aurfalien@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pa0-x22e.google.com (mail-pa0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::22e]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFE1610EE for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:24:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aurfalien@gmail.com) Received: by pacex6 with SMTP id ex6so105958708pac.0 for ; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 05:24:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :message-id:references:to; bh=dAZETJM7wPC8iXHf19qF3Hm5c/Up11z1aK9Dbz4xxbU=; b=C2AZ36dj729I719jiDcsiPu6agRnfjoJkf1PM+AyYOVyDji9Kf1wYvYe77ZumAhO3K NnmY9miSMjo8j9vf7tg78XYjMbJ+8LVT4sg9UMzDdD1J3IYjELPs6eypBwc7OMIOKoiE D6pdFVAbpAGqFFfkk89HNNOuDmWCaRH8wGo+pT40WBkCZPXzCOLYNK9mWeczfNNZ2Ix7 4FbQQne9Iz7RbrRn1IZVtYA1856wesHDIFBW9coP0FbHDd2e8WlzTSnpRwpe8DBiSAdN 5pEkVIlPWcqNV2K366LeGr+9/EzwL/1Uv4cOru730CCHkRJqCQSQlqFWJUFiCYT7iOzZ 2oFw== X-Received: by 10.66.228.233 with SMTP id sl9mr20026603pac.139.1443788675607; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 05:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from heidegger.home (pool-98-119-79-32.lsanca.fios.verizon.net. [98.119.79.32]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id be3sm11779876pbc.88.2015.10.02.05.24.34 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Oct 2015 05:24:34 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: auth sys and 16 group limit for NFS From: aurfalien In-Reply-To: <560E635A.8070505@qeng-ho.org> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:24:33 -0700 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-Id: References: <560E635A.8070505@qeng-ho.org> To: Arthur Chance X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:24:36 -0000 Hi and thanks for getting back to me. A work around in Linux NFS server would be this; rpc.mountd --manage-gids Is there an equivalent in FreeBSD? - aurf "Janitorial Services" On Oct 2, 2015, at 3:58 AM, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 02/10/2015 00:51, aurfalien wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> First, excuse me if this is not posted on the right list. >>=20 >> I=92ve been hitting this limit for a few years now, working around it >> by simply managing LDAP group membership. But was curious if the >> only way to fix is moving to kerberos for auth? >>=20 >> Some sites say its no longer an issue in FreeBSD 9/later and newer >> Linux kernels of the same vintage. >>=20 >> But I am still hitting it. >>=20 >> Curious of the community has some words of wisdom etc=85 >=20 > The limit is part of the RFC specification of NFS for versions < 4. I = think the usual advice is "use NFSv4" if you need more than 16 groups. I = have no personal experience with NFSv4 though. >=20 >>=20 >> Thanks in advance, >> - aurf >>=20 >> "Janitorial Services" >=20 > :-) >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Those who do not learn from computing history are doomed to > GOTO 1