[macosx-unix] NFS mount in the Finder

[Marco Scoffier]

Hello again,

A continuation of the previous post searching for some way to have a
remote disk automount in OS 10.4...

Set up NFS on the server.  I can mount the disk perfectly from the
Terminal "mount_nfs <remote> <mount-point>".  I can ls the contents of
the remote disk from the Terminal.  As soon as I mount the remote disk,
however, the mount point (which had been just an empty folder)
disappears completely from the finder, making the remote disk
inaccessible from the Finder though it is perfectly visible using Unix
commands in the Terminal.

I tried making an entry in the NetInfo manager to have the NFS
automount, but what an awfull cryptic application.  I have no idea if
the entry is correct (give me a text file please).

Also tried fiddling with Automator --> Run Shell Script to simply run
the mount_nfs and umount commands, this works but as with the command
line no Remote disk in the Finder.

I have had to change what is a relatively simple setup 3 times now
because of random semi-documented changes in subsequent versions of OSX.
If any of you have any tips, or know of a list better suited for these
kinds of questions I am all ears...

Thanks,

-- 
Marco

On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 03:53:52PM -0500, Marco Scoffier wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I am revamping a network which now includes Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, machines
>connect to a netatalk file server.  It seems that Mac has changed
>something yet again.
>
>When running appletalk (like before) and trying to connect from the mac
>by going through the Network icon I get a Connection Failed this version
>of appletalk is incompatible... error which from googling means you have
>to use tcp/ip which is already on by default on the appletalk side (I
>had turned on TCP/IP a few years ago to accomodate OS X.
>
>Even with -noddp in afpd.conf to explicitly turn off the old style apple
>talk, and running only afpd (no atalkd). I cannot get Tiger to connect
>to the file server, when I %-K or Go --> 'Connect to server' and type
>in the ip address, I can see and choose the volume which I want to
>connect to so some level of authentication has worked, but get a
>Connection Failed (error -5014)
>
>Does anyone have any experience with this?  Do you have a best practice
>shared central server, with a bunch of Tiger workstations setup, that
>makes mounting a remote disk "mac easy".  Everyone is behind a firewall
>but better security would be a plus.
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- 
>Marco
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