From apple.mail.list at oryx.cc Wed Oct 17 11:00:28 2007 From: apple.mail.list at oryx.cc (Jerry Kemp) Date: Wed Oct 17 11:00:41 2007 Subject: [X-Unix] Mac OS X 10.4 NFS client + automounter configuration/setup Message-ID: <47164DBC.2010803@oryx.cc> I am preparing to configure a number of OS X NFS + automounter clients to Sun Solaris servers. It's been a while since I needed to do this, primarily around the 10.1 to 10.2 time period. I have been doing some RTFM'ing, and most of the online documentation I have come across is from the same time period. I also had the following email (below) in my archives. I am curious if anyone else on the list is doing similar things, and if things have changed much from the 10.1/10.2 time period. I know last time I spent a lot of time with Netinfo/niutil . TIA for any comments, Jerry -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [X-Unix] NFS mounted directory and iTunes weirdness Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 23:54:43 -0400 From: Morgan Reed Reply-To: (Mac OS X Unix) To: (Mac OS X Unix) Hi, I am mounting NFS directories via the command line using: mount_nfs -P 192.168.1.77:/mnt/hdb1 /Volumes/mp3s Which works just fine (I have made an ln in my home directory so it mounts on the desktop) The odd part happens when iTunes plays songs; about 20% of the time, iTunes will play a song, and then when I look at the desktop, I see a new mounted disk icon with the label "192.168.1.77" If I go to another song, another icon shows on the desktop labeled "192.168.1.77-1" and so on. I have not been really scientific about what steps make this happen, but it does occur. Any ideas why? Also, I can find NO good info on NFS, the Apple manual is horrible for me, it may be good if you are setting up zones and everything using NetInfo, but for the user connecting to other boxes that don't use it, I find it very obscure and hard to follow, this brings me to problem # 2 with iTunes: If I own a file on an NFS volume, I can edit its tag in iTunes, however, if I am a member of the file's group, I cannot edit the tag, even if group has read and write permissions. This is tied into NetInfo b/c I have used NetInfo to make my OSX user part of the group on my Linux box. It works perfectly for editing, saving and even deleting files as found by the finder, just iTunes seems to get werid if my UID is wrong. FInally, I have not been successful with using NFSManager to automount my NFS volumes; I still do it by hand. Thankfully, I don't re-boot very often, so I don't really mind. Frankly, for most unix-y tasks, I have found the GUI tools to be difficult, especially those tied to NetInfo. Maybe I am just a moron. If someone out there is a NetInfo wizard, I bet there are other morons would could use a hand. If it isn't already done, I would love to ask a bunch of NetInfo questions, get the answers and type up an FAQ for others, I just need a source of information. Morgan Reed ---------- Check out the Mac OS X email list FAQ http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/X.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Need help from a real person? Try. ---------- $14.99 Unlimited Nationwide Mac Dialup and Mac Web Hosting from your Mac ISP Serious Mac Internet Solutions NineWire Digital Solutions http://9wire.com DVIator | Run Dual ADC displays on your G4 or just one on an older Mac! Dr. Bott | Support | Support this list by clicking here before you buy! this List | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/support.html OS X News, Dr.Mac, Forums, Tutorials, Tips, Hints, FAQ?s - http://www.osxfaq.com From alex at underwares.org Wed Oct 17 11:08:23 2007 From: alex at underwares.org (Alexandre Gauthier) Date: Wed Oct 17 11:09:06 2007 Subject: [X-Unix] Mac OS X 10.4 NFS client + automounter configuration/setup In-Reply-To: <47164DBC.2010803@oryx.cc> References: <47164DBC.2010803@oryx.cc> Message-ID: <47164F97.3050201@underwares.org> Jerry Kemp a ?crit : > I am preparing to configure a number of OS X NFS + automounter clients > to Sun Solaris servers. > > It's been a while since I needed to do this, primarily around the 10.1 > to 10.2 time period. I have been doing some RTFM'ing, and most of the > online documentation I have come across is from the same time period. I > also had the following email (below) in my archives. > > I am curious if anyone else on the list is doing similar things, and if > things have changed much from the 10.1/10.2 time period. I know last > time I spent a lot of time with Netinfo/niutil . > > TIA for any comments, > > Jerry > I am actually wondering the very same thing, any good documentation around regarding the use of automounter? I'd be immensely grateful, I can't seem to come accross anything modern... From groups at pursued-with.net Wed Oct 17 13:45:45 2007 From: groups at pursued-with.net (Kevin Stevens) Date: Wed Oct 17 13:46:41 2007 Subject: [X-Unix] Re:Mac OS X 10.4 NFS client + automounter configuration/setup In-Reply-To: <47164F97.3050201@underwares.org> References: <47164DBC.2010803@oryx.cc> <47164F97.3050201@underwares.org> Message-ID: <33671.192.85.47.11.1192653945.squirrel@www.kevinstevens.info> > Jerry Kemp a ?crit : >> I am preparing to configure a number of OS X NFS + automounter clients >> to Sun Solaris servers. >> >> It's been a while since I needed to do this, primarily around the 10.1 >> to 10.2 time period. I have been doing some RTFM'ing, and most of the >> online documentation I have come across is from the same time period. I >> also had the following email (below) in my archives. >> >> I am curious if anyone else on the list is doing similar things, and if >> things have changed much from the 10.1/10.2 time period. I know last >> time I spent a lot of time with Netinfo/niutil . >> >> TIA for any comments, >> >> Jerry >> > I am actually wondering the very same thing, any good documentation > around regarding the use of automounter? I'd be immensely grateful, I > can't seem to come accross anything modern... I use an NFS export on my OS X server, with a matching mount on my OS X laptop as a general data storage repository, including iTunes library. I never had any of the issues described, but mine's been in place since at least 10.2. I can recap my setup if desired, but it's still based on old documentation. KeS From tholland at san.rr.com Wed Oct 17 22:22:03 2007 From: tholland at san.rr.com (Thom Holland) Date: Wed Oct 17 22:22:08 2007 Subject: [X-Unix] Permissions Nightmare In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4716ED7B.4070401@san.rr.com> Ethan, Did you get this fixed? I don't have a solution, I was just curious. Did you call the consultant? He should have been able to fix it. -Thom Ethan Rips wrote: > Hello, Unix gurus-- > > A consultant installed OS X 10.4.9 on my G5 as a straight upgrade, not as an > archive-&-install. Ever since, I've been unable to print from any app > without immediately crashing that app. > > I upgraded CUPS in hopes of dealing with the mess, but that didn't solve the > problem, either. When I first upgraded CUPS, I was able to print from some > apps (didn't try all of them), but the next day, the system reverted to its > previous misbehavior. > > Recently I was informed that there are font problems with 10.4.9 & was > advised to upgrade to 10.4.10, which I did the other day. Quark now works. > However, I still cannot print from any app without crashing the app in > question. When I try to connect to a printer via Printer Setup Utility, I > get a prompt saying I can't connect due to server-error-server (or some such > thing) or (today) I can't open Printer Setup Utility because "an unexpected > error occurred (-10810)". > > In addition, I now get a prompt when I try to empty the trash that I don't > have sufficient privileges to perform that action. > > I can do some basic stuff on the command line, although I'm certainly no > guru. Can anyone give me any tips on this at all? I'm really at a loss as to > what to do about this mess. > > Thanks. > > Ethan -- Thom Holland Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds. - Jewish proverb -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/x-unix/attachments/20071017/b031b6cc/attachment.html From jakob at hjemme.dk Thu Oct 18 11:20:04 2007 From: jakob at hjemme.dk (=?UTF-8?Q?Jakob_Peterh=C3=A4nsel?=) Date: Thu Oct 18 11:20:19 2007 Subject: [X-Unix] Permissions Nightmare In-Reply-To: <4716ED7B.4070401@san.rr.com> References: <4716ED7B.4070401@san.rr.com> Message-ID: <7A23CDF7-4265-4DF6-985A-752CCC1725DE@hjemme.dk> I would get a copy of Print Setup Repair: http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/8070/printer-setup-repair You can use it for some daus, and it should be able to fix your problems. Jakob Peterh?nsel "Be a part of the Love Generation - carry a smile, not a gun." - JP, May 2006 Email: jakob@hjemme.dk AIM: Marook Phone: +45 29687104 On 18/10/2007, at 7.22, Thom Holland wrote: > Ethan, > > Did you get this fixed? I don't have a solution, I was just > curious. Did you call the consultant? He should have been able to > fix it. > > -Thom > > > > Ethan Rips wrote: >> Hello, Unix gurus-- A consultant installed OS X 10.4.9 on my G5 as >> a straight upgrade, not as an archive-&-install. Ever since, I've >> been unable to print from any app without immediately crashing >> that app. I upgraded CUPS in hopes of dealing with the mess, but >> that didn't solve the problem, either. When I first upgraded CUPS, >> I was able to print from some apps (didn't try all of them), but >> the next day, the system reverted to its previous misbehavior. >> Recently I was informed that there are font problems with 10.4.9 & >> was advised to upgrade to 10.4.10, which I did the other day. >> Quark now works. However, I still cannot print from any app >> without crashing the app in question. When I try to connect to a >> printer via Printer Setup Utility, I get a prompt saying I can't >> connect due to server-error-server (or some such thing) or (today) >> I can't open Printer Setup Utility because "an unexpected error >> occurred (-10810)". In addition, I now get a prompt when I try to >> empty the trash that I don't have sufficient privileges to perform >> that action. I can do some basic stuff on the command line, >> although I'm certainly no guru. Can anyone give me any tips on >> this at all? I'm really at a loss as to what to do about this >> mess. Thanks. Ethan > > -- > Thom Holland > > > > Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds. > > > > - Jewish proverb > > _______________________________________________ > X-Unix mailing list > X-Unix@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-unix -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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