NFSv4 mount incorrectly shows all files with ownership as nobody:nobody
Issue
- From the client, the mounted NFSv4 share has ownership for all files and directories listed as
nobody:nobody
instead of the actual user that owns them on the NFSv4 server, or who created the new file and directory. - Seeing nobody:nobody permissions on nfsv4 shares on the NFS client. Also seeing the following error in /var/log/messages:
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How to configure ID mapping for NFSv4
nss_getpwnam: name 'root@example.com' does not map into domain 'localdomain'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5 – 9)
- NFSv4 share being exported from an NFSv4 capable NFS server
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