[Users] "permission settings on the specified path do not allow access to the storage"

[Shu Ming]

It seems that the problem came from the name of the data domain to be 
created.  I used "data" to be the name.  Is "data" a reserved name for 
the storage domain?

On 2012-3-6 17:30, Shu Ming wrote:
> Hi,
>   My ovirt-engine was setup on a vm host with ip:xxx.xxx.xxx.112.  And 
> I am trying to create a new domain with ovirt-engine UI  by the 
> "Storage"--> "New Domain".  And the following error happened.  However 
> I can mount the  xxx.xxx.xxx.110:/data by "mount -t nfs 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.110:/data /mnt" manually in the ovirt-engine host, also a 
> new file can be created under the mounted directory with "touch xx".  
> It looks to me that there is no permission problem when I access the 
> remote nfs path manually.  So does ovirt-engine enforce additional 
> permission check beside the normal unix file permission check here?
>
> ----
> [root at ovirt-engine-112 /]# vim /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log
> [root at ovirt-engine-112 /]# vim /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log
> 2012-03-06 00:38:51,165 INFO  
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand] 
> (http--0.0.0.0-8080-6) START, 
> ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand(vdsId = 
> 46a83d56-66d9-11e1-8004-5254009e821b, storagePoolId = 
> 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, storageType = NFS, 
> connectionList = [{ id: null, connection: xxx.xxx.xxx.110:/data };]), 
> log id: 1899002d
> 2012-03-06 00:38:51,297 INFO  
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand] 
> (http--0.0.0.0-8080-6) FINISH, 
> ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand, return: 
> {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000=469}, log id: 1899002d
> 2012-03-06 00:38:51,300 ERROR 
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.NFSStorageHelper] 
> (http--0.0.0.0-8080-6) The connection with details 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.110:/data failed because of error code 469 and error 
> message is: permission settings on the specified path do not allow 
> access to the storage.
> verify permission settings on the specified storage path.
> 2012-03-06 00:38:51,300 WARN  
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.AddStorageServerConnectionCommand] 
> (http--0.0.0.0-8080-6) CanDoAction of action 
> AddStorageServerConnection failed. 
> Reasons:ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_STORAGE_CONNECTION
> 2012-03-06 00:38:51,425 INFO  
> [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.storage.RemoveStorageServerConnectionCommand] 
> (http--0.0.0.0-8080-4) Running command: 
> RemoveStorageServerConnectionCommand internal: false. Entities 
> affected :  ID: aaa00000-0000-0000-0000-123456789aaa Type: System
>


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Shu Ming<shuming at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
IBM China Systems and Technology Laboratory