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NFS permission problems - group access not working
Hello I'm trying to set up NFS from my readyNas to replace a the NFS server I had before. I have created a shares for video, music etc and I have also created groups on the readynas that will belon...
What am I overlooking?
It works if I make the shared files world readable or if I browse them as root. But I don't want to make the NFS shares world readable. Why aren't the group permissions honored?
If I ssh to the NAS as the user alexander I can access the directories based on the group permissions locally on the NAS. But if I try to do it over NFS it gives me permission denied.
If I change the ownership of a directory so it is owned by "alexander" I can access it over NFS.
It works if I make the shared files world readable or if I browse them as root. But I don't want to make the NFS shares world readable. Why aren't the group permissions honored?
If I ssh to the NAS as the user alexander I can access the directories based on the group permissions locally on the NAS. But if I try to do it over NFS it gives me permission denied.
If I change the ownership of a directory so it is owned by "alexander" I can access it over NFS.
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