Gluster users - Dec 2009 - Gluster 2.x + NX Server

Hello All,

Does anyone have any idea why I am running into problems using a GlusterFS (2.x)
mount for home directories on a client using AFR with NX Server?

It works fine for replicating files, and I can login with SSH to this home
directory, and all works fine.  Yet, when using NX Server to connect (an X
client) I get a failure if the users home directory is the Gluster Home.  With a
localFS home, it works fine.

So, is there -any- difference between how the OS sees a Gluster Mount and a
Normal Partition?   Could LDAP users play a role here?  As NX Server runs as nx
user, and then SUIDs to the normal user.  However, files are written to the
Gluster Partition (the error files from NX).

Any ideas are welcome,

Thanks!

-Ian

> It works fine for replicating files, and I can login with SSH to
> this home directory, and all works fine.  Yet, when using NX
> Server to connect (an X client) I get a failure if the users home
> directory is the Gluster Home.  With a localFS home, it works
> fine.
What do you mean by failure? Error messages? Gluster log entries?
More info is required!

I run VNC and XDMCP session from my gluster mounts, without any
problem. I would expect NX to be no different.
> So, is there -any- difference between how the OS sees a Gluster
> Mount and a Normal Partition?
Only if you mount it differently. How did you mount it? What does the
output of mount show? Is it the same underlying FS?

Jeff.