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Problems mounting qtree with NFS v4 and NTS Security Style volumes

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS v4.x
  • NTFS Security Style Volumes (optional)

Issue

Problems mounting an NFS export using NFS v4.x but NFS v3 works.
NFSv4 Mount
[root@server001 ~]# mount -vvv -t nfs -o vers=4  ontapcluster.example.com:/ntfssecuritystylevolume/nfsexport /mnt1
mount.nfs: timeout set for Wed Apr 02 16:30:15 2026
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4.2,addr=10.2.4.8,clientaddr=10.4.8.19'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4.2,addr=10.2.4.12,clientaddr=10.4.8.19'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,minorversion=1,addr=10.2.4.8,clientaddr=10.4.8.19'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,minorversion=1,addr=10.2.4.12,clientaddr=10.4.8.19'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,addr=10.2.4.8,clientaddr=10.4.8.19'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,addr=10.2.4.12,clientaddr=10.4.8.19'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting ontapcluster.example.com:/ntfssecuritystylevolume/nfsexport
[root@server001 ~]#

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