When attempting to make changes to a file as root on an nfs share, we receive the error "root cannot setuid in <path to file>"
Issue
Receiving the following error when attempting to make changes to a file on an NFS share when accessing as root:
# root cannot setuid in <path to file>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- NFS Share
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