Mac and Linux compatibility

[Larry Grover]

Larry Grover wrote:
> 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
> 


The problem I reported with NFS shares exported from ubuntu-linux and 
mounted on OSX seems to have been fixed by a recent OSX update (I 
moved from OSX 10.3.9 to 10.4.2).

To recap:

(1) I export my home directory (using the nfs kernel server) like this:
/home/grover 
192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(ro,insecure,all_squash,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)

(2) When I mounted this share on OSX (my UID is 501), I could browse 
subdirectories from the command line (terminal window), but the OSX 
file browser complaied about "insufficient access priviledges" and 
wouldn't enter subdirectories on the mounted share.

Peter Lieverdink reported a solution involving a map file and the nfs 
user space server.  I am happy to report that an alternative exists, 
at least if the OSX client is on 10.4.2, and the server is running 
hoary (with all updates).

I hope this information is useful for someone.

Regards,
Larry