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in [[Access control for the LFC]].
 
in [[Access control for the LFC]].
 
  $ srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
 
  $ srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
  # file  : srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/pvier/janjust/myfile
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  srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
  # owner : 18010
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  Return code: SRM_NOT_SUPPORTED
owner:18010:RW
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  Explanation: Not supported
user:18010:RW
 
group:1276:R
 
  other:R
 
  
Just for the fun of it, let's list a file which we did not create ourselves:
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  permissions array is null
  $ srm-get-permissions srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/pvier/ronstestdir3
 
# file  : srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/pvier/ronstestdir3
 
# owner : 18010
 
owner:18010:RWX
 
user:18010:RWX
 
group:1276:NONE
 
other:NONE
 
Wait a second... that file has '''exactly''' the same user (18010) and group (1276) !
 
  
Now let's check a directory that was created using a different VOMS proxy, this time one for VO <tt>vlemed</tt>:
 
$ srm-get-permissions srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/vlemed/generated/2007-11-07
 
# file  : srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/vlemed/generated/2007-11-07
 
# owner : 18002
 
owner:18002:RWX
 
user:18002:RWX
 
group:1276:RX
 
other:RX
 
This time the user is different (18002) but the group is still 1276 !
 
We will have to keep this in mind when we want to limit access to our files.
 
  
'''Note''': this limitation is due to the setup of the dCache storage system at SARA, where <tt>pnfs</tt> is used as
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'''Uh-oh... it looks like StoRM does not support permissions or access control'''
the underlying file system.  
 
<tt>pnfs</tt> does not support user-level access control. An alternative is to use <tt>chimera</tt> as the underlying
 
file system, which does support user-level ACLs, but this would require a migration of '''all''' data currently in
 
dCache, as well as a (manual) re-synchronization between dCache and all LFCs that have entries pointing to dCache.
 
  
 
= Modifying the permissions =
 
= Modifying the permissions =
  
Use
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''' Not supported '''
srm-set-permissions -h
 
to get a list of options for this command.
 
$ srm-set-permissions -type=CHANGE -group=NONE -other=NONE $SRM/myfile
 
(this command does not return any output on success)
 
 
 
'''Note''' that we have set the group permissions to <NONE> . If we do not do this then users from other VOs can still read the file.
 
 
 
= Verifying access control =
 
 
 
As the original user:
 
$ srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
 
# file  : srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/pvier/janjust/myfile
 
# owner : 18010
 
owner:18010:RW
 
user:18010:RW
 
group:1276:NONE
 
other:NONE
 
 
 
Now if we switch to another VO:
 
 
 
$ voms-proxy-init --voms vlemed
 
Enter GRID pass phrase:
 
Your identity: /O=dutchgrid/O=users/O=nikhef/CN=Jan Just Keijser
 
Creating temporary proxy .......................................... Done
 
Contacting  voms.grid.sara.nl:30003 [/O=dutchgrid/O=hosts/OU=sara.nl/CN=voms.grid.sara.nl] "vlemed" Done
 
Creating proxy ............................. Done
 
Your proxy is valid until Thu Aug  6 23:45:56 2009
 
and then try to copy the file
 
$ srmcp $SRM/myfile file:///$PWD/blah
 
Thu Aug 06 11:46:41 CEST 2009: rs.state = Failed rs.error =  at Thu Aug 06 11:46:36 CEST 2009 state Pending :
 
created RequestFileStatus#-2083337326 failed with error:[  at Thu Aug 06 11:46:36 CEST 2009 state Failed :
 
user AR:3209444168817257963  vlemed /O=dutchgrid/O=users/O=nikhef/CN=Jan Just Keijser 18002
 
read-write 0 / / < 1 groupLists :  GL:/vlemed 1 groups : [1276,]; >cannot read 00190000000000000018C718]
 
 
Thu Aug 06 11:46:41 CEST 2009: java.io.IOException: rs.state = Failed rs.error =  at Thu Aug 06 11:46:36
 
CEST 2009 state Pending : created
 
RequestFileStatus#-2083337326 failed with error:[  at Thu Aug 06 11:46:36 CEST 2009 state Failed :
 
user AR:3209444168817257963 vlemed /O=dutchgrid/O=users/O=nikhef/CN=Jan Just Keijser 18002
 
read-write 0 / / < 1 groupLists :  GL:/vlemed 1 groups : [1276,]; >cannot read 00190000000000000018C718]
 
 
srm copy of at least one file failed or not completed
 
 
 
We can no longer access the file: success!
 
 
 
'''Notes'''
 
* it currently is '''not''' possible with dCache PNFS to restrict access to a file for your fellow VO-members.
 
* the dCache server has mapped the voms proxy to a different user (18002), which causes the <tt>srmcp</tt> request to fail. Thus dCache user+group mappings are slightly different from UNIX user+group mappings:
 
** user+group1 = dcache_user1
 
** user+group2 = dcache_user2
 
whereas on a regular UNIX filesystem you can always access a file that is owned by you, regardless of the
 
groupid of the file.
 
 
 
= Making files inaccessible to your VO =
 
Here's a quick guide on how to make file inaccessible to your VO, including yourself:
 
* Change the permissions of the file to '''author=NONE, group=RWX''':
 
srm-set-permissions -type=CHANGE -group=RWX -owner=NONE $SRM/myfile
 
* Verify:
 
$ srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
 
# file  : srm://srm.grid.sara.nl/pnfs/grid.sara.nl/data/pvier/janjust/myfile
 
# owner : 18010
 
owner:18010:NONE
 
user:18010:NONE
 
group:1276:RWX
 
other:NONE
 
* Now try to read it:
 
$ srmcp -globus_tcp_port_range=20000,25000 $SRM/myfile file:///$PWD/blah
 
org.globus.ftp.exception.ServerException: Server refused performing the request.
 
Custom message:  (error code 1)
 
  [Nested exception message: Custom message: Unexpected reply: 550 Permission denied].
 
Nested exception is org.globus.ftp.exception.UnexpectedReplyCodeException:
 
Custom message: Unexpected reply: 550 Permission denied
 
        at org.globus.ftp.vanilla.TransferMonitor.run(TransferMonitor.java:195)
 
        at org.globus.ftp.vanilla.TransferMonitor.start(TransferMonitor.java:109)
 
        at org.globus.ftp.FTPClient.transferRunSingleThread(FTPClient.java:1457)
 
        at org.globus.ftp.FTPClient.get2(FTPClient.java:1724)
 
        at org.dcache.srm.util.GridftpClient$TransferThread.run(GridftpClient.java:951)
 
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
 
GridftpClient:  transfer exception
 
org.globus.ftp.exception.ServerException: Server refused performing the request.
 
[SNIP]
 
so we can no longer read our own file. Now if we switch to another VO:
 
$ voms-proxy-init --voms vlemed
 
Enter GRID pass phrase:
 
Your identity: /O=dutchgrid/O=users/O=nikhef/CN=Jan Just Keijser
 
Creating temporary proxy .......................................... Done
 
Contacting  voms.grid.sara.nl:30003 [/O=dutchgrid/O=hosts/OU=sara.nl/CN=voms.grid.sara.nl] "vlemed" Done
 
Creating proxy ............................. Done
 
Your proxy is valid until Thu Aug  6 23:45:56 2009
 
and then try to copy the file
 
$ srmcp -globus_tcp_port_range=20000,25000 $SRM/myfile file:///$PWD/blah
 
we '''do''' get a copy of the file.
 

Revision as of 16:33, 19 August 2009

This page is part of an investigation on How to control access rights for LFC/SRM files .

Finding out how storage is organized

To list the storage systems to which you have access use

 lcg-infosites --vo <YOUR-VO> se

which results in

Avail Space(Kb) Used Space(Kb)  Type   SEs
----------------------------------------------------------
12078           108             n.a    srm.grid.rug.nl
12078           108             n.a    srm.grid.rug.nl
730582644       681194097       n.a    gb-se-amc.amc.nl
8226695519985   23304480014     n.a    srm.grid.sara.nl
605355546       806421195       n.a    gb-se-nki.els.sara.nl
6575746866      20920246        n.a    carme.htc.biggrid.nl
152913518       115521938       n.a    se.grid.rug.nl
248345185       1166074827      n.a    gb-se-ams.els.sara.nl
355230761       1056545980      n.a    gb-se-uu.science.uu.nl
1266740857      145035883       n.a    gb-se-wur.els.sara.nl
337812899       1076607113      n.a    gb-se-kun.els.sara.nl
2195706454      3048365         n.a    tbn18.nikhef.nl
771834491       620488567       n.a    gb-se-lumc.lumc.nl

Note the current version of the lcg-infosites command does not use your grid proxy at all !

You can then try to use the srmls command to figure out how the storage is organized:

$ srmls -l srm://srm.grid.rug.nl/
SRMClientV2 : srmLs: try # 0 failed with error
SRMClientV2 : ; nested exception is:
        java.net.NoRouteToHostException: No route to host
SRMClientV2 : srmLs: try again

Ah, the SRM server is listening on a different port. Storm documentation suggests using port 8444:

$ srmls -l srm://srm.grid.rug.nl:8444/
srm client error:
java.lang.Exception: Return status:
 - Status code:  SRM_FAILURE
 - Explanation:  All requests failed

Progress, more or less...

By looking at a file that was previously stored on srm.grid.rug.nl (using lcg-lr) we guess that the directory structure starts with the VO:

$ srmls srm://srm.grid.rug.nl:8444/pvier/
 0 /pvier/
     0 /pvier/vletgenerated
     0 /pvier/generated

Indeed, we're at the VO level.

Creating your own directory in SRM-space

Before we copy a file to the dCache SRM we first create our own directory. If we do not do this then SRM will store the files in generated directories, over which we have little or no control.

srmmkdir srm://srm.grid.rug.nl:8444/pvier/janjust

The URL for this directory will be used throughout the rest of this page, hence we abbreviate it to

SRM=srm://srm.grid.rug.nl:8444/pvier/janjust

Copying and registering your file

Next we will copy a file to our SRM directory and register it in the LFC in one go:

$ lcg-cr -d $SRM/myfile -l lfn:/grid/pvier/janjust/my-storm-file file://$PWD/myfile
guid:1601bad4-c236-4f01-a4fb-54e12c7dc0a9

which returns the LFC GUID for the file upon success.

(For details on how to find out how the LFC directory space is organized see Access control for the LFC)

We could also have copied the file to the SRM only, bypassing the LFC registration, using the command

lcg-cp file://$PWD/myfile $SRM/myfile

or even

srmcp -globus_tcp_port_range=20000,25000 file://$PWD/myfile $SRM/myfile

but as we needed the LFC entry as well we used the (preferred) lcg-cr command. Please also note that the srmcp command is not very well supported.

Looking at the permissions

For a file that is copied to an SRM and that is registered in the LFC there are 2 sets of permissions:

  1. SRM-level
  2. LFC-level

These permissions are not directly related to each other and need to be modified separately. In this section we explain how to modify the SRM-level permissions. The LFC-level permissions are explained in Access control for the LFC.

$ srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
srm-get-permissions $SRM/myfile
Return code: SRM_NOT_SUPPORTED
Explanation: Not supported
permissions array is null


Uh-oh... it looks like StoRM does not support permissions or access control

Modifying the permissions

Not supported