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Get-NfsMappedIdentity

Gets an NFS mapped identity.

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Microsoft NFS reference: Gets an NFS mapped identity. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Get-NfsMappedIdentity [-MappingStore <MappingStoreType>] [-UserIdentifier <Int32>] [-GroupIdentifier <Int32>]
 [-AccountName <String>] -AccountType <AccountType> [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Get-NfsMappedIdentity. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / NFS · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-AccountName: Specifies the SAMAccountName of the Windows user account or group account of a mapped identity.
-AccountType (required): Specifies the Windows account type of a mapped identity. Valid values are User and Group.
-GroupIdentifier: Specifies the group identifier of a user or group account.
-LdapNamingContext: Specifies the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) naming context of the NFS identity mapping store. You can use this parameter to search for mapped identities in the specified naming context.
-MapFilesPath: Specifies the path of the passwd and group map files from which the Get-NfsMappedIdentity cmdlet gets a mapped identity.
-MappingStore (required): Specifies the type of identity mapping store from which the Get-NfsMappedIdentity cmdlet gets a mapped identity. When this parameter is not specified, the cmdlet gets the store configuration settings from the NFS server configuration where this command is run configuration where this command is run. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - AD - LDAP - MapFiles
-Server: Specifies the LDAP instance name of the store that NFS server uses. This can be an Active Directory domain name, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) server name, or LDAP server name. When this parameter is not specified, the cmdlet tries to connect to either the LDAP store on the local computer at port 389 when MappingStore is LDAP, or the Active Directory domain of the computer when MappingStore is Active Directory.
-UserIdentifier: Specifies the UID of the user account.

Prerequisites

Windows with the NFS module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This is a read-oriented cmdlet; protect any sensitive results and check the documented effects of your selected parameters.

Examples

Example 1: Get a mapped identity for a user account by using a specified name

Get-NfsMappedIdentity -MappingStore "LDAP" -AccountType "User" -AccountName "RPatel"

This command gets all user account mapped identities from a configured AD LDS or RFC 2307-compliant LDAP store instance. In this example, the command returns PrimaryGroup and SupplementaryGroups only when the configured mapping store is MapFiles. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/NFS/Get-NfsMappedIdentity.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/nfs/get-nfsmappedidentity?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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