IJ52849: PERMISSION DENIED WHEN SETTING FILE TIMESTAMPS TO CURRENT TIME WITH NFSV4 WRITE PERMISSION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Users with NFSv4 WRITE permission to a file can get permission
  denied when setting file timestamps to the current time
  

Local fix

• - Be the file owner to update the timestamps, or- Provide NFSv4
  WRITE_ATTR permission to the user
  

Problem summary

• Users with NFSv4 WRITE permission to a file can get permission
  denied when setting file timestamps to the current time
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.9.7
  To see all Spectrum Scale APARs and their respective
  Fix solutions refer to page: 
  https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/spectrumscale/spectrum_scale
  _apars.html
  
  Benefits of the solution:
  Fixed the code so that users with NFSv4 WRITE permission to a
  file are allowed to set the timestamps to the current time
  
  Work Around:
  - Be the file owner to update the timestamps, or
  - Provide NFSv4 WRITE_ATTR permission to the user
  
  Problem trigger:
  - A file has NFSv4 WRITE permission and no WRITE_ATTR permission
  for a user- As the user, set file timestamps to the current time
  
  
  Symptom:
  Unexpected Results/Behavior
  
  Platforms affected:
  All Operation System environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
  All Scale Users
  
  Customer Impact:
  Suggested
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels