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I'm using Linux in a large multi-user network. Let A be some group which I'm am member of, but which is not my primary group. According to chmod(2) I should be able to chgrp a file to group A. Trying to do so succeeds on a local as well as on a NFSv3 mount, but not on a NFSv4/Kerberos mount (EPERM). Are there any special considerations regarding chgrp when using NFSv4 mounts?

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This probably has to do with the fact you are using no_root_squash (root= in /etc/dfs/dfstab) specified as the nfs client.

You are passing named user/group NFSv4 while in NFSv3 this was ID based.

So your options are to either specify NFSv3 or to ensure that the users/groups exist on both the cilent and server keeping their id's matched up.

If the names and groups are out of sync with the server/client you can have some wacky chown/chgrp issues.

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  • Thank you, I was having the same problem as Philipp. It's good to know that NFSv4 sends only the name of user or group and therefore I cannot "chgrp" to a group that the server does not have a record of. Unfortunately I don't have a central directory available (NIS or LDAP), so I might end up using NFSv3.
    – Mister_Tom
    Jun 28, 2012 at 21:20

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