


Click the Verify button and OS X will initiate a connection to the NFS server to make sure the settings are correct. The ideal value to place here is: resvport,nolocks,locallocks,intr,soft,wsize=32768,rsize=3276 (Look at the mount_nfs manpage for all of the available options and what they mean).Ħ. Here you can pass some extra parameters to the NFS mount.

Expand the Advanced Mount Parameters section. For the local mount location, use something like /nfs/fileserver.ĥ. For the remote NFS URL, use nfs:/// for example: nfs:///srv.Ĥ. Select the “+” button at the bottom left of the window to add a new NFS mount.ģ. A new window will open that lists any defined NFS mounts.Ģ. In the menu bar, select File | NFS Mounts. It is easier to configure, but becomes painful if there are a lot of NFS mounts to set up, as you must do them one by one.ġ. Instead, use the Disk Utility GUI to set up individual NFS mounts. This uses the automountd daemon which is configured using the /etc/nf and /etc/auto_master configuration files.įor those familiar with UNIX, or in environments with a lot of regularly-accessed NFS mounts, it would be worth exploring setting up NFS mounts this way, but I have found it to be quite frustrating. The first is to use the built-in automount setup, which allows you to automatically connect to hosts by accessing /net//, but this can be problematic. With OS X 10.6, there are two ways to have your Mac set up as an NFS client. For sharing files with Linux or other UNIX servers, using NFS is a great solution, but getting OS X set up as an NFS client can take a little trial and error. For interoperation with Windows, SMB is best. For Mac-to-Mac file sharing, AFP is the best solution. It supports AFP, SMB, FTP, and NFS out of the box. Mac OS X, being a UNIX-based operating system, can handle a number of file sharing protocols. Vincent Danen outlines the steps to set up NFS mounts with the Disk Utility GUI in Mac OS X and offers some basic tips on configuration.
