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Save everything by clicking on another directory within the Netinfo manager (for instance, users). You are then prompted with a dialog asking you whether you want to save (yes), and update the current view (yes) | Save everything by clicking on another directory within the Netinfo manager (for instance, users). You are then prompted with a dialog asking you whether you want to save (yes), and update the current view (yes) | ||
On some newer version of Leopard, you can edit /etc/fstab directly: | |||
<code>10.0.0.1:/home /home nfs async,intr,soft,-P</code> | |||
And comment out the /home line from /etc/automaster | |||
== Testing == | == Testing == |
Revision as of 19:19, 22 September 2009
This howto is based on info gathered from http://sial.org/howto/osx/automount/ and http://i1.dk/misc/automount_nfs_volumes_on_mac_osx/ ,
Setting up OSX4 Macintosh as an NFS client
This howto describes how to set up a mac as an (automount) NFS client mounting its homedirectories from remote directory 10.0.0.1:/home
to local location /home
Preparation
Before starting, make sure that currently /home
is empty. If not, move its contents to another place.
Setting up automount
- Using the file manager (for filemanager usage see first point of [MacLdapAuth]), open
Applications/Utilities/NetinfoManager
- Under mounts, create a new directory named after the remote location:
10.0.0.1:/home
. To create a new directory, click on its parent (mounts), and then either click on the new item or theDirectory->New Subdirectory
menu item. Chose the name10.0.0.1:/home
by editing the name propertie's value. - Set up the following properties (Using
Directory->New Property
):name=10.0.0.1:/home
dir=/home
type=nfs
(or is thatvfstype=nfs
?)
- Set up the opts property to contain the following item. This is done by adding the first item using the
Directory->New Property
menu item, and additional items usingDirectory->New Entry
.net
-P
-i
-P
is used to tell the Macintosh to use a privileged client port to access the server (or else the server would refuse access), -i
is used
Save everything by clicking on another directory within the Netinfo manager (for instance, users). You are then prompted with a dialog asking you whether you want to save (yes), and update the current view (yes)
On some newer version of Leopard, you can edit /etc/fstab directly:
10.0.0.1:/home /home nfs async,intr,soft,-P
And comment out the /home line from /etc/automaster
Testing
- Before having added
net
, typesudo mount /home
in a terminal. If it succeeds, that we are allowed access to the server. Unmount /home again (sudo umount /home
), and proceed to next step. If error, try checking the server's logs to see what is going on (/var/log/message
,/var/log/syslog
) - After having added
net
, typesudo mount /home
again. This time, it should fail with a message saying that/home
is owned by automounter. If any other error occurs (such asmount: exec /usr/sbin/mount_ for /home: No such file or directory
), make sure/home
is empty. A reboot might be needed to after emptying it. If that doesn't help, try removing the/home
altogether (automount should be able to re-create it when needed). - Reboot you Mac, and try to log in using a server user. Log in should proceed quickly now, and the user should have a view on his homedirectory on the server.