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NFSv4.x client shows user and group as nobody, while NFSv3 shows as correct owner, due to mismatched NFS ID domain

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv4.x

Issue

  • NFSv4 client command ls -l lists user and group as nobody:

[root@NFS_SVM> mount_point]# ls -l test1
-rw-r--r--. 1 nobody nobody 0 Oct 18 12:34 test1

  • NFSv3 lists user and group correctly:

[root@nfs_SVM> mount_point]# ls -l test1
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Oct 18 12:34 test1

 

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