Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:31:13 +0200 From: Per Johnson <per@datalatt.com> To: Charles Howse <chowse@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder Message-ID: <4353C3C1.6030206@datalatt.com> In-Reply-To: <BF792AEF.3EA%chowse@charter.net> References: <BF792AEF.3EA%chowse@charter.net>
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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? > >
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