Why user is unable to access file on a nfs-share, despite having the required permissions?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The user is having the required permissions; However, accessing the file results in permission denied:

    [user2@hostname ~] $ id
    uid=1200001230(user2) gid=185419(group2) groups=185419(group2),185058(group1)
    
    [user2@hostname ~] $ ls -l /home/drrepo/prod/Source_Files/IPX/tdw                                                                                                                                                                                                         
    -rwxrwx--- 1 user1 group1 5 Feb  5 11:28 /home/drrepo/prod/Source_Files/IPX/tdw
    
    [user2@hostname ~] $ cat /home/drrepo/prod/Source_Files/IPX/tdw                                                                                                                                                                                                          
    cat: /home/drrepo/prod/Source_Files/IPX/tdw: Permission denied
    
  • Here, user2 is trying to open the file, which has 'rwx' access to users and groups.

  • The file is owned by user1 and group1

  • user2 is a member of group1.

  • The file is in a NFS share, where the NFS server vendor is EMC Isilon.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • NFS
  • EMC Isilon

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