work well as part of an nfs_client_id4 string.
The nfs.nfs4_unique_id boot parameter specifies a unique string that can be
-used instead of a system's node name when an NFS client identifies itself to
-a server. Thus, if the system's node name is not unique, or it changes, its
-nfs.nfs4_unique_id stays the same, preventing collision with other clients
-or loss of state during NFS reboot recovery or transparent state migration.
+used together with a system's node name when an NFS client identifies itself to
+a server. Thus, if the system's node name is not unique, its
+nfs.nfs4_unique_id can help prevent collisions with other clients.
The nfs.nfs4_unique_id string is typically a UUID, though it can contain
anything that is believed to be unique across all NFS clients. An
This string can be stored in an NFS client's grub.conf, or it can be provided
via a net boot facility such as PXE. It may also be specified as an nfs.ko
-module parameter. Specifying a uniquifier string is not support for NFS
-clients running in containers.
+module parameter.
+
+This uniquifier string will be the same for all NFS clients running in
+containers unless it is overridden by a value written to
+/sys/fs/nfs/net/nfs_client/identifier which will be local to the network
+namespace of the process which writes.
The DNS resolver