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Is it possible for an ESXi 5 host to mount a remote NFS share using credentials other than root? (The default)? If so, how would one setup those credentials and mount from VSphere?

TSG
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AFAIK there is no user authentication support for NFS using credentials.

The authentication is based on the source IP address of the NFS client (ie: the ESXi host) and the actual mount point.

Maybe you mean Samba Shares (aka windows shares)?
Those are not supported on ESXi. Only NFS and iSCSI are supported.

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Source for Basic connection command: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcli.examples.doc_50%2Fcli_manage_storage.6.6.html

esxcli <conn_options> storage nfs add --host=dir42.eng.vmware.com --share=/<mount_dir> --volume-name=nfsstore-dir42

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcli.examples.doc_50%2Fcli_overviews.3.8.html

Source for Basic: Connection Options (second value in the connection command)

- -username <u_name>
VI_USERNAME=<u_name>

- -password <passwd>
VI_PASSWORD=<passwd>
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