topic Re: Anonymous access in nfs exports in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Anonymous-access-in-nfs-exports/m-p/80095#M7226 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In Data ONTAP, the default NFS user for anonymous access is 'pcuser' (UID 65534) . You can change this behaviour by adding an entry to /etc/exports like "anon=&lt;uid&gt;". Please see the extract from man page.(man exports)</P><P></P><P>anon=uid|name</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Specifies the effective user ID (or name) of all anonymous</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or root NFS client users that access the file system path.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An&nbsp; anonymous&nbsp; NFS&nbsp; client user is an NFS client user that</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; does not provide valid NFS credentials; a root NFS&nbsp; client</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; user&nbsp; is&nbsp; an&nbsp; NFS&nbsp; client&nbsp; user with a user ID of 0.&nbsp; Data</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ONTAP determines&nbsp; a&nbsp; user's&nbsp; file&nbsp; access&nbsp; permissions&nbsp; by</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; checking&nbsp; the&nbsp; user's&nbsp; effective&nbsp; user&nbsp; ID against the NFS</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; server's /etc/passwd file.&nbsp; By default, the effective user</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ID&nbsp; of&nbsp; all&nbsp; anonymous and root NFS client users is 65534.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To disable root access by anonymous and&nbsp; root&nbsp; NFS&nbsp; client</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; users,&nbsp; set&nbsp; the anon option to 65535.&nbsp; To grant root user</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; access to all anonymous and root NFS client users, set the</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anon option to 0.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:14:58 GMT georgevj 2013-10-08T09:14:58Z Anonymous access in nfs exports https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Anonymous-access-in-nfs-exports/m-p/80090#M7225 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the user of anonymous access in nfs exports ??</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:53:25 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Anonymous-access-in-nfs-exports/m-p/80090#M7225 PIYUSHBANSAL198722 2025-06-05T05:53:25Z Re: Anonymous access in nfs exports https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Anonymous-access-in-nfs-exports/m-p/80095#M7226 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In Data ONTAP, the default NFS user for anonymous access is 'pcuser' (UID 65534) . You can change this behaviour by adding an entry to /etc/exports like "anon=&lt;uid&gt;". Please see the extract from man page.(man exports)</P><P></P><P>anon=uid|name</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Specifies the effective user ID (or name) of all anonymous</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or root NFS client users that access the file system path.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An&nbsp; anonymous&nbsp; NFS&nbsp; client user is an NFS client user that</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; does not provide valid NFS credentials; a root NFS&nbsp; client</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; user&nbsp; is&nbsp; an&nbsp; NFS&nbsp; client&nbsp; user with a user ID of 0.&nbsp; Data</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ONTAP determines&nbsp; a&nbsp; user's&nbsp; file&nbsp; access&nbsp; permissions&nbsp; by</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; checking&nbsp; the&nbsp; user's&nbsp; effective&nbsp; user&nbsp; ID against the NFS</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; server's /etc/passwd file.&nbsp; By default, the effective user</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ID&nbsp; of&nbsp; all&nbsp; anonymous and root NFS client users is 65534.</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To disable root access by anonymous and&nbsp; root&nbsp; NFS&nbsp; client</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; users,&nbsp; set&nbsp; the anon option to 65535.&nbsp; To grant root user</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; access to all anonymous and root NFS client users, set the</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anon option to 0.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:14:58 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/Anonymous-access-in-nfs-exports/m-p/80095#M7226 georgevj 2013-10-08T09:14:58Z