Re: NFS on Mac

When you're mounting from the command line,  you're using root's
permissions to make the connection.

You may have to set up something in the Mac-equivalent of fstab to
tell the machine that a regular user has permission to mount that
device.

jody
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On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Aaron Birenboim <[email protected]> wrote:
> I tried the trick on OSX where you use the "connect to server" function
> to connect to something like
>     nfs://192.168.1.1/scr
> Then move the folder to the dock to set up an automount.
>
> Problem is...  when trying to connect to server, it complains
> about a bad username/password.
> Very strange error message for NFS, which does not use user/password
> authentication.
>
> Permissions ARE open for the machine...
>   sudo mount 192.168.1.1:/scr /scr
> works on the mac terminal.
>
> What might be going on?
> Could it be getting confused since 192.168.1.1 also provides smb service?
>
>            aaron
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