Mac and Linux compatibility

[Larry Grover]

Peter Lieverdink wrote:
> Ben Novack wrote:
> 
>>On 9/3/05, Larry Grover <lgrover at zoominternet.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Charles Yao wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Is mac and ubuntu compatible? Is it possible to share files and printers?
>>>>
>>>>Charles
>>>>
>>>
>>>It's possible to share files using samba or nfs, but we don't use
>>>either.  I will only use samba if I have to cater to a windows pc, and
>>>we don't have one of those in the house.  In theory, OSX supports nfs,
>>>but I've never been able to get nfs working well between linux and OSX
>>>(I've spent hours trying -- OSX is the problem, not linux/ubuntu).
>>
>>
>>I didn't have luck with NFS either, but Samba works fine; I can browse
>>my Linux shares perfectly from my Macs, and vice-versa. Quick to set
>>up, too.
>>
>>---BHN
>>
> 
> 
> I use NFS between the Linux server and OSX/Linux clients. It works fine,
> provided you set up user id mapping on the Linux server for the OSX
> machines. Ubuntu starts with user 1000, OSX with 500.

I know this, I've tried this, and I've never gotten it to work properly.

Here's what I've tried:

(1) On the linux (ubuntu) server (192.168.1.101), export my home 
directory.  In /etc/exports:

/home/grover  \ 
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)

My username is grover, my uid is 1000 and my gid is 1000.

(2) On the OSX client, mount the nfs share using the "finder":

Go->Connect to Server
select "Favorite Server": nfs://192.168.1.101/home/grover

After mouning the nfs share I have access to shared files from the 
command line (terminal), but not from the "finder" (the OSX file 
browser), when I try to access the mounted shared in the finder I get 
a  pop-up window with an error message indicating that I do not have 
sufficient access privileges.

So my nfs-exported home directory is accessible on OSX from the 
command line but not from the gui.  This is kind of interesting, and 
really weird, but not very useful.

Regards,
Larry