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Security Daemon (SecD) fails to retrieve UNIX username for UID

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Last Updated:
5/19/2025, 5:52:49 AM

Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS
  • Secd
  • NIS

Issue

  • The customer is experiencing multi-protocol name mapping fails.
  • Cannot retrieve UNIX username via NIS servers.
  • EMS log:
Wed Feb 19 00:00:09 +0800 [clusterA-01: secd: secd.unixLookupFailure:error]: UNIX lookup failure on Vserver (filer3) for client with IP address (xx.xx.xx.xx). Error: Acquire UNIX credentials procedure failed   [  1 ms] Entry for user-id: 20064 not found in the current source: FILES. Ignoring and trying next available source   [     2] Failed to connect to any of the configured NIS servers   [     2] Source: NIS unavailable. Entry for user-id:264 not found in any of the available sources **[     2] FAILURE: Unable to retrieve UNIX username for UID 264
 

 

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