NFS issue with OSX (not lion) and NV+

Why are you trying to setup NFS access on your mac? NFS can be very, very useful but depending how much you trust your room-mate and anyone else who might have access to your network, NFS may not be a suitable protocol to use if you have data that you do not want others accessing as it is more difficult to secure shares that way vs CIFS and AFP. You may wish to reflect on this.

There are two reasons; one is that the NFS share should only share the Media folder to everyone on the network (which has a very strong password and mac-address filtering for access :) ) so movies and music can be shared throughout the house without setting up a useraccount for everyone. The second reason is quite simpel; i just want to know how it works and what the possibilities are :)

Thanks again :)

Okay, i'm back from work and confused. Please look at the screenshots below..
First; when i enable NFS, i'm able to set a number of ' NFS threads' (as shown on image), what does that mean?


Then, when i've enabled NFS and go to the shares-list to edit the preferences, this is what's there;


These are the options available under the NFS tab;
The .0.2 address is my mbp. Since the screenshot is in Dutch, I'll translate it for you:
top right corner (drop down list): ' standard acces' set to Disabled
First of three fields: Read only hosts: <empty>
Second: Hosts with write permissions: <my IP>
Third: Hosts with Root acces: <my IP>

Then under the "advanced" tab:


And Finder shows:


So it works :)

I'd like to know whether or not it's possible to make finder remind this share, so when i get back home, it automatically detects it's there and adds it to the Finder list.

Would you recommend any changes to this setup?

Thanks a lot for your time and knowledge :)

So it works

Ummm... So why not before? Or maybe it doesn't matter...

I'd like to know whether or not it's possible to make finder remind this share, so when i get back home, it automatically detects it's there and adds it to the Finder list.

Not really - we're back to my original comment that NFS works differently than CIFS/AFP; the "use model" is different.

All file sharing protocols are designed such that multiple users of a host computer can access shares, as well as allowing multiple hosts to access the shares. But to more easily illustrate a key difference, consider just the former - one shared host (your Mac) with multiple user accounts each accessing shares on a NAS

Under AFP/CIFS, each user individually mounts each share separately - authenticating with their username/password each time which registers which user is then accessing the share and determines access rights and permissions.

Under NFS, shares are typically mounted only once at a fixed predefined path and all users access the same path. User permissions are determined based on the UID number associated with the account rather than each user authenticating via username/password

The difference has major implications for file sharing, but also for how shares are typically mounted. For an NFS share to always be available you mount it once (at boot, or on access) to a specific path, and then simply access that path via finder as if it was a local folder. That's where services like autofs come in, automatically mounting the share on demand at the predefined path.

Would you recommend any changes to this setup?

Possibly related to permissions & access rights, but it is heavily dependant on your ultimate needs. Again I'd recommend some general reading if you're not familiar with how NFS controls access and permissions.

You're right. I'm going to read the article you linked to carefully tonight, and then find out whether i still think nfs is the way to go ;)

I don't really know why it works now and didn't work the last time i've tried, but i figure i did something wrong then. Perhaps with the groups or something.. Anyway, it works now and i'm glad it does :) Already makes my life easier as i don't have to set up a user account for a friend coming by tonight :) He can now just access the Media share without me bothering whether my other stuff (Time Machine, tax files etc.) are safe ;)

Thanks again!