Comments on Tech, Life, and Triathlon...: NFS mount Ubuntu linux drive on Mac OS X Leopard

Thanks so much for this. After a lot of searching...

2010-03-12T13:03:12.134-08:00

Thanks so much for this. After a lot of searching it really helped and solved my issues!

Chance,

I'm confused, when you mounted ...

2009-07-30T13:47:02.689-07:00

Chance,

I'm confused, when you mounted the drive on your Mac, did it properly show up as the right user owning the files/directories? This was the major problem I had with the nfs-kernel-server package - when I mounted, it didn't show my user as the owner and thus I couldn't write to the directory.

Of course, the manner in which I am using this is probably not what most people are, but shouldn't be out of the norm of what people actually require.

I'm NFS mounting an SVN repository for an Eclipse project under my Linux VM and I have Eclipse running natively on my Mac so I'm not running a memory-hogging app inside a memory hogging VM.

But, in order to save, I have to own the files under my mount point, hence the need to own the files. (This seemed easier than attempting to get the group rwx mods correct).

Okay, the ultimate solution is...

Install n...

2009-07-30T13:37:03.589-07:00

Okay, the ultimate solution is...

Install nfs-kernel-server on the ubuntu box

on the ubuntu machine in terminal type

id

to get your uid and gid (typically each is 1000)

on the ubuntu's /etc/exports add the following line

/path/to/nfsdfolder machost.local(rw,all_squash,async,no_subtree_check,insecure,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)

of course replace the uid and gid values to what was produced from the id command on the ubuntu box, and input the proper paths

in mac terminal create a directory you and set to mount with, and type the following in

sudo mount -o noowners ubuntuiphost:/path/to/nfsfolder /path/to/mountfolder

and there you go. hours of searching, and this page helped me piece the rest together. I can FINALLY now start to work. :D

I believe you need to add all_squash to the export...

2009-06-05T00:42:41.606-07:00

I believe you need to add all_squash to the exports setting suggested by Brennan. A sample from the exports man page:

/home/joe pc001(rw,all_squash,anonuid=150,anongid=100)

I've updated the instructions for 9.04 support...

2009-05-21T16:45:11.486-07:00

I've updated the instructions for 9.04 support. I had problems with Brennan's solution, specifically not being able to write to the mounted directory.

However, installing Debian's version of the nfs-user-server package as noted above in the instructions fixed this because I could go back to using the uid/guid map file.

I'm using 9.04 (Jaunty) and OS X 10.5.6 and 10...

2009-05-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

I'm using 9.04 (Jaunty) and OS X 10.5.6 and 10.5.7

For posterity, was this on Ubuntu? If so, what ve...

2009-05-04T06:54:00.000-07:00

For posterity, was this on Ubuntu? If so, what version?

Additionally, I had to use the flag "-o noown...

2009-05-04T04:24:00.000-07:00

Additionally, I had to use the flag "-o noowners" in the mount command (at the mac side) for everything to work ok...

The rest checks out. Got my mounts working np.

2009-05-01T21:06:00.000-07:00

The rest checks out. Got my mounts working np.

Figures they'd go and change everything after ...

2009-04-30T10:02:00.000-07:00

Figures they'd go and change everything after I got it working with 8.10.

Thanks for taking the time to do this. I'll update the blog soon.

Great guide.

Few caveats though:
1) &quo...

2009-04-30T09:55:00.000-07:00

Great guide.

Few caveats though:
1) "nfs-user-server" is no longer a package in the latest Ubuntu 9.04 pkg repo, use "nfs-kernel-server"

2) "map_static=" in your exports file is also depreciated, you should be able to substitute using anonuid/anongid
ex:(rw,insecure,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)

3) Thus "sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-user-server restart" would become "sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart"

I haven't finished the mac side of things (I'm at work and didn't want to take the time to open all the bloody ports and do a nfs mount across the net - not yet anyway).

I'll let you know if I find anything else.

Cheers,mate.

- Brennan

Comments on Tech, Life, and Triathlon...: NFS mount Ubuntu linux drive on Mac OS X Leopard

Thanks so much for this. After a lot of searching...

Chance,I'm confused, when you mounted ...

Okay, the ultimate solution is...Install n...

I believe you need to add all_squash to the export...

I've updated the instructions for 9.04 support...

I'm using 9.04 (Jaunty) and OS X 10.5.6 and 10...

For posterity, was this on Ubuntu? If so, what ve...

Additionally, I had to use the flag "-o noown...

The rest checks out. Got my mounts working np.

Figures they'd go and change everything after ...

Great guide.Few caveats though:1) &quo...

Chance,

I'm confused, when you mounted ...

Okay, the ultimate solution is...

Install n...

Great guide.

Few caveats though:
1) &quo...