Currently we export the vhosts on our webserver to our fileserver using NFSv3, so that it can be shared through samba. This is so that the different people can easily update their respective websites. I would like to keep this basic setup (apart from using NFS).
Currently NFSv3 has a problem handeling more than 16 groups as explained here: http://nfsworld.blogspot.com/2005/03/whats-deal-on-16-group-id-limitation.html
Now apart from other work arounds using samba (which is rather patchy and is less secure) I am specifically searching for something which would fulfill the job of NFS without the arbitrary 16 group limit, and preferably has a little more secure authentication than something just based on an IP address.
A friend tried to implement NFSv4 with kerberos (which succeeded) but there was some problem with SAMBA authenticating vs kerberos to access the NFS.
There is also GlusterFS which seems like an easy alternative, but the client is again only authenticated base on its IP (like NFS pre V4).
Are there other systems which you recommend?
Currently NFSv3 has a problem handeling more than 16 groups as explained here: http://nfsworld.blogspot.com/2005/03/whats-deal-on-16-group-id-limitation.html
Now apart from other work arounds using samba (which is rather patchy and is less secure) I am specifically searching for something which would fulfill the job of NFS without the arbitrary 16 group limit, and preferably has a little more secure authentication than something just based on an IP address.
A friend tried to implement NFSv4 with kerberos (which succeeded) but there was some problem with SAMBA authenticating vs kerberos to access the NFS.
There is also GlusterFS which seems like an easy alternative, but the client is again only authenticated base on its IP (like NFS pre V4).
Are there other systems which you recommend?