Authentication Service, Mac & PC Management Service, Auditing and Monitoring Service
000002067
Why UID/GID is set to "nobody" when new files created via NFSv4?
Applies to: All versions of Centrify DirectControl on Centos 5.x and RedHat 5.x with Kerberos-enabled NFSv4
Problem: After you have successfully mounted to a NFS server (NetApp filer) using Kerberos-enabled NFSv4, any files you attempt to create on a mounted share results in UID/GID being reverted back to "nobody" even though you have proper read/write permissions to the share.
Note: This used to work fine with NFSv3 - where it was uid/gid based, while NFSv4 is now name based.
Solution: On NFS server, you need to check NetApp settings by executing:
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