====== Mapping UID and GID of local user to the mounted NFS share ====== First of all, enable is on the client and server: echo N > /sys/module/nfsd/parameters/nfs4_disable_idmapping echo N > /sys/module/nfs/parameters/nfs4_disable_idmapping clean idmap cache and restart idmap daemon: sudo nfsidmap -c sudo service rpcidmapd restart sudo service nfs-idmapd restart My need restart NFS server and/or client... /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart Now on server and the client will send instead of numeric IDs string principals like bob@YOURDOMAIN.COM. You need to have bob account on the both hosts - client and server. Nevertheless, the numeric ID's can be different. **To make these changes permanent, create configuration files in /etc/modprobe.d/,** on server (modprobe.d/nfsd.conf): options nfsd nfs4_disable_idmapping=N on client(s) (modprobe.d/nfs.conf): options nfs nfs4_disable_idmapping=N