Comments on: NFS in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:29:24 +0000

#/etc/exports

/shares/PINO/ 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(insecure,insecure_locks,rw,sync,all_squash,anonuid=33,anongid=33)
/shares/ 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_root_squash)

in this way works with tiger (first share) and leopard (second share). Finally!

By: NFS on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

NFS on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:41:58 +0000

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By: Mac OS X (10.5), NFS, and Linux | Pete Ware

Mac OS X (10.5), NFS, and Linux | Pete Ware — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:58:11 +0000

[...] mount an NFS filesystem from my Linux server. There’s a nice set of instructions on using the Directory Utility to do so. The problem stumping me [...]

By: Ted M

Ted M — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:23:59 +0000

For what it’s worth, the mount_nfs man page recommends using “-o resvport” rather than “-P” So my options are

-o resvport -o rw,bg,intr,soft,tcp

where “soft,intr” allows commands to be interrupted if the file system becomes unavailable. (tcp is the default first choice, anyway, after which udp is attempted)

By: Roy Miller

Roy Miller — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:52:04 +0000

For those wondering about how to change UID and GID values – check out the Directory Services Command Line tool (dscl). This is/was available in Tiger as well, which I didn’t find out about until Leopard came along and NetInfo disappeared!

Read the man page.

Try:
dscl . -list /Users to see a list of users.
dscl . -list /Users PrimaryGroupID to see a list of users and their associated primary group
dscl . -read /Users/username to see all the details of a particular user
dscl . -change /Users/username PrimaryGroupID oldID newID to change the GID value.

I recommend using the -change option for changes, rather than the -create option. Create will go ahead and overwrite or create a new field with the assigned value, while Change will complain if you make a typo on the field or old value.

Now if I could only get my Linux export to mount! Does anyone know if the Linux export works for USB attached disks on a Linux box?
Cheers!

By: Stephane Blackburn

Stephane Blackburn — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:25:32 +0000

Voila! It was the -P option! Damn! Thanks for your hint page!

Server: Ubuntu 8.04, working ok with a ubuntu client. I’ve change my uid on the Mac side last night doing test… can’t tell if it’s a combination of uid/-P or just the -P option, thanks!

By: syrabo

syrabo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:41 +0000

My solution for “secure”-mounts with a Linux-NAS (qnap 209 Pro) is the option:

resvport=2049 (NFS on Linux works on port 2049 by default; look at /etc/services

Syntax in the CLI:

sudo mount_nfs -o resvport=2049 :/qusb /Volumes/qusb

In the appication “Directory Utility” set in “Advanced Mount Parameters”:

resvport=2049

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:23:26 +0000

Looking for a howto on changing the uid/gid in leopard, anyone found one that works?

By: Paolo

Paolo — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:33:59 +0000

#/etc/exports

/shares/PINO/ 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(insecure,insecure_locks,rw,sync,all_squash,anonuid=33,anongid=33)
/shares/ 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw,sync,no_root_squash)

in this way works with tiger (first share) and leopard (second share). Finally!