[Gluster-devel] gluster 3.6.2 ls issues

Tue Feb 3 19:14:00 UTC 2015

3.4, not 2.4... Need more coffee!!!

On 02/03/2015 11:12 AM, Joe Julian wrote:
> 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>>
>> To: "Gluster Devel" <gluster-devel at gluster.org 
>> <mailto:gluster-devel at gluster.org>>; "gluster-users at gluster.org" 
>> <gluster-users at gluster.org <mailto:gluster-users at gluster.org>>
>> 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
>>> 704.799.6944 x101 [office]
>>> 704.252.1310 [cell]
>>> 704.799.7974 [fax]
>>> David.Robinson at corvidtec.com <mailto:David.Robinson at corvidtec.com>
>>> http://www.corvidtechnologies.com <http://www.corvidtechnologies.com/>
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