OS X as an NFS server

• for tiger
• for leopard

OS X Tiger

• Navigate the Finder to Applications -> Utilities -> and launch "Netinfo Manager"
• Make sure the lock is unlocked so you can make changes
• Navigate to "exports" (or create it if it doesn't exist) in Netinfo Manager and add the properties and values:
  • "clients" | "" (that's blank, so any IP can mount it)
  • "name" | "/usr/local/soekris" (that's my exported directory)
  • "opts" | "ro" (read-only)

Here's the output of nidump -r /exports /

{
  "name" = ( "exports" );
  CHILDREN = (
    {
      "clients" = ( "" );
      "name" = ( "/usr/local/soekris" );
      "opts" = ( "ro" );
    }
  )
}

OS X Leopard

• My /etc/exports

  /usr/local/soekris -ro
  

• Showmount output

  showmount -e
  Exports list on localhost:
  /usr/local/soekris                  Everyone
  

notes

On leopard I was trying to use the dscl utility and add Exports and had no luck. I did discover a dscl location called /Local/Default/NFS, but it doesn't seem to do anything! Anyway, the nfsd man page now exlcuslively mentions the /etc/exports file, so I guess they removed it from being a directory service. (it's also not mentioned in netinfo(5) )