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From: Per Johnson <per@datalatt.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder
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Probably not if you cant use anything else than NFS.
Mac OS X supports Samba and AFP. I know there is some AFP server you can 
  install on FreeBSD but I cant recall the name.
With SMB or AFP you can have your BSD box in finder.

Regards

Per Johnson

Charles Howse wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Per.
> I understand what you're saying, but will a FreeBSD machine show up in
> Finder under any circumstances?
> 
> 
>>Hi
>>
>>Unfortunately is OS X not so good when it comes to NFS.
>>To make your FreeBSD box talk either AFP or SMB solves your problem. If
>>you have something against that you could try NFS Manager.
>>http://www.bresink.com/osx/NFSManager.html
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Per Johnson
>>
>>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?
> 
>