On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 03:06:42PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 12:07 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I want to set up Mac running OS X v 10.4 as a NFS server > > so that I can have one of my Debian boxes read files from > > it on an NFS mount. Can anyone, please point me to some > > instructions on setting up OS X as an NFS server? > > Paul, there are pointy-clicky things for OSX to setup NFS exports. > > /Applications/Utilities/NetInfo Manager > > Authenticate as an admin, or the button on the bottom of the window that > says something like: "click to to make changes" or something similar. > > Then just follow the directions, the procedure is fairly trivial.
Well I couldn't find any directions to follow. I wonder - do I need OS X Server? I have 'Mac OS X 10.4.9', but when I google for info, I see references to 'Mac OS X Server'. My Mac doesn't have the file /etc/exports . I look at the screen display from Netinfo Manager and don't see mention of anything that might be nfs related. But ... see below > > If you have the luxury of a reboot, do that. OSX will start the daemons > auto-magically. If not... I believe a command prompt and using sudo will > do fine. > > To start the daemons, (I am doing all of this on memory here) > > sudo /usr/sbin/portmap > sudo /sbin/nfsd -t -u -n8 > Both the these programs are installed and man pages are available. And, there is a man page for 'exports'. But that man page goes into great detail about something called user credentials, which I do not (yet) understand. It appears that I could compose and appropriate 'exports', I could get nfs access to the files on the map working without Netinfo Manager. To follow this route, I need pointers to quick explanations of BSD exports. Suggestions? > Portmap is needed for most requests, nfsd actually starts the nfs > exports the switches are what I have used in the past, "-t" is for tcp, > "-u" is for udp and "-n8" is for the number to start out with. mountd is > automagically started upon reboot, but is not really needed, as far as I > know. > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's > Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive > product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at > the playfield. -- Thane Walkup > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
