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Creates a new NFS mapped identity.
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Microsoft NFS reference: Creates a new 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.
New-NfsMappedIdentity [-MappingStore <MappingStoreType>] [-Server <String>] [-LdapNamingContext <String>]
-UserName <String> [-Password <SecureString>] -UserIdentifier <Int32> -GroupIdentifier <Int32>
[-PrimaryGroup <String>] [-SupplementaryGroups <String>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for New-NfsMappedIdentity. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.
Windows / NFS · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply
-Confirm-GroupIdentifier (required)-GroupName (required)-LdapNamingContext-MappingStore-Password-PrimaryGroup-Server-SupplementaryGroups-UserIdentifier (required)-UserName (required)-WhatIfWindows 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.
This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.
New-NfsMappedIdentity -MappingStore "AD" -Server "Contoso" -UserName "JBrown" -UserIdentifier 500 -GroupIdentifier 41This command creates a mapped identity for a UNIX user that has a UID of 500, and maps it to the Windows account name Contoso\JBrown in a Windows group that has the group identifier of 41. The command stores the mapped identity in the configured Active Directory domain of the local computer. If the user account does not already exist, the command creates it. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.
https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/nfs/new-nfsmappedidentity?view=windowsserver2025-ps
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