OT Mac OS X and Etch NFS question

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,
>
> 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
>
>
> --

On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 09:04:49AM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> On 02.04.07 12:07, 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?
>
> I wonder, why do you ask here? Aren't there any Mac OS X mailing
> lists/newsgroups/forums with proplr able to help you there?
> Do you found debian people more skilled than those in Mac OS X groups?

Most Mac help on the Web assumes that you know something about the
Mac. Mac people seem to have their own specialize vocabulary about
which I know nothing. I use Debian and debian-user is the place for
good information and advice, IMHO. It is an Etch machine on which
I want to mount the shares. Given what little I know about Mac, it
appears to be a gigantic aggregation of special cases, so I supposed
that a special case for Debian is a serious possibility ... etc.

--
Paul E Condon

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