[Gluster-users] untrusted users

[Strahil]

I agree.
Either autofs/systemd can mount a share on demand and can set uid/gid to the necessary user/groups.

Another option is to give each user sudo roles to mount their own share and only theirs.

Of course, ifeven more stricter control is needed both Red Hat &  SUSE give you necessary control on your users.

P.S.: I'm not  sure if NFS Ganesha can be kerberised but it worths checking.

Best Regards,
Strahil NikolovOn Oct 22, 2019 06:00, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Shell access to untrusted users. I would fight that tooth and nail as a sysadmin. User that are untrusted get accounts deactivated.
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> If they have no sudo, they can't mount. Make mounts for them in fstab. Set ownership and groups on mount points so each user is restricted to their folder only. Use a centralized authentication system like freeipa or IdM. Every user should have their own userid that's unique. No exceptions. 
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> I work in HIPAA rules now, DoD clearance rules earlier. Users are not to be trusted. Other sysadmins are barely trustable. If users have any access to adjust the system configuration in any way, take it away. That's your job not theirs. It's easier to say no 100 times a day than spend 2 weeks in front of lawyers explaining why untrusted users could create a mess that involves lawyers and courts, fines and jail time.
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> If your OS won't support basic system security, choose something that will. Some Linux distros are not usable in a multiple user environment (kali is a prime example). I work in an Enterprise environment so I use RedHat/CEntOS. 
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> If users can't get things done with out being root, someone has really messed up the work flow design. 
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> Sorry to sound really harsh but this sounds like a nightmare that could be avoided with a better sysadmin plan. Users are terrible sysadmin. Programmers are too. Sysadmins are not very good programmers :-(
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> On October 21, 2019 10:03:46 PM EDT, pankaj kumar <pankaj at datacabinet.systems> wrote:
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>> We are attaching a gluster storage to our cluster. We give shell access to our cluster to untrusted users. Each user has a folder in gluster. The problem is that the users could get to mount as any user id and then access the other users files as their own. Is there a way to authenticate a user before a mount?
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>> If there is none, can you help us implement a thin authentication layer over mount? Where should we get started.
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>> Thanks,
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