[Gluster-devel] gluster 3.6.2 ls issues

Tue Feb 3 19:12:06 UTC 2015

Odd, I was using sssd with home directories on gluster from 2.0 through 
2.4 and never had a problem (I'm no longer at that company, but they 
still have home directories on Gluster). Might be worth another look.

On 02/03/2015 10:45 AM, David F. Robinson wrote:
> Cancel this issue.  I found the problem.  Explanation below...
> We use active directory to manage our user accounts; however, open 
> sssd doesn't seem to play well with gluster.  When I turn it on, the 
> cpu load shoots up to between 80-100% and stays there (previously 
> submitted bug report).  So, we I did on my gluster machines to keep 
> the uid/gid updated (required due to server.manage-gids=on), is write 
> a script that start opensssd, grabs all of the groups/users from the 
> server, parses out the /etc/group and /etc/passwd file, and then shuts 
> down sssd.  I didn't realize that sssd uses the locally cached file.  
> My script was running faster than sssd was updating the cache file, so 
> this particular user wasn't in the SBIR group on all of the machines.  
> He was in that group on gfs01a, but not on gfs01b (replica pair) or 
> gfs02a/02b.  I guess this gave him enough permission to cd into the 
> directory, but for some strange reason he couldn't do an "ls" and have 
> the directory name show up.
> The only reason I do any of this is because I had to use 
> server.manage-gids to overcome the 32-group limitation.  This requires 
> that my storage system have all of the user accounts and groups.  The 
> preferred option would be to simply use sssd on my storage systems, 
> but it doesn't seem to play well with gluster.
> David
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "David F. Robinson" <david.robinson at corvidtec.com 
> <mailto:david.robinson at corvidtec.com>>
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> Sent: 2/3/2015 12:56:40 PM
> Subject: gluster 3.6.2 ls issues
>> On my gluster filesystem mount, I have a user who does an "ls" and 
>> all of the directories do not show up.  Not that the A15-029 
>> directory doesn't show up.  However, as kbutz I can cd into the 
>> directory.
>> _*As root (also tested as several other users), I get the following 
>> from an "ls -al"*_
>> /[root at sb1 2015.1]# ls -al
>> total 16
>> drwxrws--x 13 streadway sbir   868 Feb  3 12:48 .
>> drwxrws--- 46 root      sbir 16384 Feb  3 10:50 ..
>> drwxrws--x  5 cczech    sbir   606 Jan 30 12:58 A15-007
>> *drwxrws--x  5 kbutz     sbir   291 Feb  3 12:11 A15-029*
>> drwxrws--x  3 randerson sbir   219 Feb  3 11:52 A15-063
>> drwxrws--x  4 abirnbaum sbir   223 Feb  3 10:14 A15-088
>> drwxrws--x  2 anelson   sbir   270 Jan 27 14:30 AF151-058
>> drwxrws--x  3 tanderson sbir   216 Jan 28 09:43 AF151-072
>> drwxrws--x  3 streadway sbir   162 Jan 21 13:28 AF151-102
>> drwxrws--x  4 aaronward sbir   493 Feb  3 09:58 AF151-114
>> drwxrws--x  3 streadway sbir   162 Feb  3 12:07 AF151-174
>> drwxrws--x  3 dstowe    sbir   192 Jan 27 12:25 AF15-AT28
>> drwxrws--x  3 kboyett   sbir   199 Jan 28 09:43 NASA
>> /
>> *_As user kburz, I get the following:_*
>> /sb1:sbir/2015.1> ls -al
>> total 16
>> drwxrws--x 13 streadway sbir   868 Feb  3 12:48 ./
>> drwxrws--- 46 root      sbir 16384 Feb  3 10:50 ../
>> drwxrws--x  3 randerson sbir   219 Feb  3 11:52 A15-063/
>> drwxrws--x  4 abirnbaum sbir   223 Feb  3 10:14 A15-088/
>> drwxrws--x  2 anelson   sbir   270 Jan 27 14:30 AF151-058/
>> drwxrws--x  3 streadway sbir   162 Jan 21 13:28 AF151-102/
>> drwxrws--x  3 streadway sbir   162 Feb  3 12:07 AF151-174/
>> drwxrws--x  3 kboyett   sbir   199 Jan 28 09:43 NASA//
>> Note, that I can still cd into the non-listed directory as kbutz:
>> /[kbutz at sb1 ~]$ cd /homegfs/documentation/programs/sbir/2015.1
>> A15-063/  A15-088/  AF151-058/  AF151-102/  AF151-174/ NASA//
>> /
>> sb1:sbir/2015.1> cd A15-029
>> A15-029_proposal_draft_rev1.docx*  CB_work/  gun_work/ Refs//
>> David
>> ===============================
>> David F. Robinson, Ph.D.
>> President - Corvid Technologies
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