RHEL 5.8 NFS error "Warning: rpc.idmapd appears not to be running"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

When trying to mount the NFS share hitting error below :

mount -t nfs4 NFS_server:/share /mnt/nfs4/

Warning: rpc.idmapd appears not to be running.
         All uids will be mapped to the nobody uid.

Environment

  • Kernel 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7
  • nfs-utils-lib-1.0.8-7.9.el5
  • nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5
  • nfs-utils-1.0.9-60.el5

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