Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:19:51 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Charles Howse" <chowse@charter.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEJEFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <BF792AEF.3EA%chowse@charter.net>
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You have to run netatalk and howl, both are in the ports. Then your FreeBSD machine will show in Finder like any other Mac server. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Charles Howse >Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 8:18 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder > > >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? > >-- >Thanks, >Charles >Mac OS X Tiger > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: >9/30/2005 >
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