Hi there I'm using kernel based NFS server in combination with POSIX ACL Server: SuSE 9.1 all patches applied Client: SuSE 9.2 all patches applied and SuSE 9.0 all patches applied The beahviour of acl isn't the same on local server than on the clients this is the problem i have in detail: on server, as user root server # mkdir group server # setfacl -d -m group:testgroup:rwx group server # setfacl -m group:testgroup:rwx group server # getfacl group # file: group # owner: root # group: root user::rwx group::r-x group:testgroup:rwx mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:group::r-x default:group:testgroup:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x as user linus (member of testgroup) on server server # touch fileserver server # getfacl fileserver # file: fileserver # owner: linus # group: users user::rw- group::r-x #effective:r-- group:testgroup:rwx #effective:rw- mask::rw- other::r-- server # mkdir serverdir server # getfacl serverdir/ # file: serverdir # owner: linus # group: users user::rwx group::r-x group:testgroup:rwx mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:group::r-x default:group:testgroup:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x So this is really fine testgroup has the write access to files and dirs created by user linus. Go on the client side, now and create a file and a directory as user linus we check first how client see remote ACL... client # getfacl group/ # file: group # owner: root # group: root user::rwx group::r-x group:testgroup:rwx mask::rwx other::r-x default:user::rwx default:group::r-x default:group:testgroup:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x It seems to be all right client # cd group client # touch fileclient client # getfacl fileclient # file: fileclient # owner: linus # group: users user::rw- group::r-x #effective:r-- group:testgroup:rwx #effective:r-- mask::r-- other::r-- client # mkdir clientdir client # getfacl clientdir/ # file: clientdir # owner: linus # group: users user::rwx group::r-x group:testgroup:rwx #effective:r-x mask::r-x other::r-x default:user::rwx default:group::r-x default:group:testgroup:rwx default:mask::rwx default:other::r-x As you can see in this case the group testgroup doesn't have write permission on file and dirs. How can I fix this problem? Thanks