Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:03:56 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder Message-ID: <20051017160356.GB13792@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <BF792547.3E4%chowse@charter.net> References: <BF792547.3E4%chowse@charter.net>
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:54:15AM -0500, Charles Howse wrote: > Hello List, > > I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in System > Preferences tells me that other machines on the network can access as > 'larry.local'. > > I have a FreeBSD 4.11 machine on the same subnet, named "moe" (no > domain name), with NFS enabled. > > I can connect to the FreeBSD machine's share by using "Connect to > Server" in OS X, but the machine doesn't show up in the Network pane > of Finder. > > Can anyone point me to some resources where I can find a resolution to > this? -- I think others are pointing you in the wrong direction. MacOS uses Bonjour to discover local net resources. Believe this may have been previously called Rendezvous. http://developer.apple.com/networking/bonjour/ net/howl and net/mDNSResponder mention Bonjour specifically. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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