At 11:49 AM -0700 9/16/99, Juergen wrote: >Hello, > >I asked a coupla days ago mixed in with another topic, so I'm trying >again: > >How can I share directories via NFS? >In NetworkManager I can go to FileSharing and successfully mount NFS >filesystems. But in the 'Shared Directories' tab, the button for >creating a new 'export' is grayed out. What's going on? Obviously >there must be something not set up right a bit higher in the config >chain? All.. I am having some difficulties when attempting export and import NFS directories on Mac OS X. We figured this is the best work-around for backups of our Mac OS X server until we can get a UNIX Client for Retrospect. We are planning on exporting the data volumes, and importing them on a HP/UX system that has HP Omniback on it. The Omniback software will backup those imported NFS directories. We are also investigating the possibilities of Samba for creating SMB based shares from Mac OS X, and then mounting those on the Windows Retrospect Server so we can back it up there. PROBLEM: Mac OS X seems to be happy with the fact that we have exported our /data directory. No errors. Verified that it is exported in the NetworkManager as well as the NetInfoManager. When using the HP/UX "SAM" tool (we have telnet session into the HP/UX box at this time), we attempt to mount the NFS Share, and it fails with the error message of "Permission Denied". When we Import a NFS share using the Mac OS X mount_nfs command, it works without errors, and we mount the NFS Share to a directory in our /tmp directory. We can browse and copy files without any problems. Mac OS X (Export) --> HP/UX (Import) DOES NOT WORK. Mac OS X (Import) <-- HP/UX (Export) WORKS GREAT. It might have something to do with NetInfo, but I am not sure how to get around or configure NetInfo to get this to work. Any ideas? ** On a side note, if we use NetworkManager to import the said NFS share above, it will tell us that we must reboot our system before it will mount the directory. However, if we do it manually from the command-line, it works without such a prompt. What is going on here? ..Greg --------------------- * Think Different * ----------------------------- Greg Jewett, Server/Project Engineer Phone: (512) 996-4257 Motorola IT Department Pager: (800) 478-4034 Parmer Lane - IT Department ePage: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ---------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: <http://list.working-dogs.com/lists/retro-talk/> Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
