On 10/15/99 21:50:34 you wrote:
Or you can use different group names with the same gid and everything will work fine. This is what we do. ;) We use NIS for everything.
No, you can't. Been there, done that; it won't work for everything, and you will eventually run into NIS trouble (see other message).
The best thing to do is live with the 16 group limit until a new standard version of NFS supports access lists, or wait for LDAP to become more widely adopted. I think it *is* on Netapp's agenda, but most vendors are slow to adopt it.
Bruce
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 sirbruce@ix.netcom.com wrote:
No, you can't. Been there, done that; it won't work for everything, and you will eventually run into NIS trouble (see other message).
We haven't run into too much trouble with it (none that I'm aware of), and we do have a large environment.
The best thing to do is live with the 16 group limit until a new standard version of NFS supports access lists, or wait for LDAP to become more widely adopted. I think it *is* on Netapp's agenda, but most vendors are slow to adopt it.
This is an altogether different issue.
Tom
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