Re: Accessing NFS from OS X. Was: NFS how to

From: News Reader (nomail_at_noemail.vms)
Date: 06/17/04

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    Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:14:27 +0000 (UTC)

    On 16 Jun 2004 04:14:44 GMT, healyzh@aracnet.com wrote:
    >News Reader <nomail@noemail.vms> wrote:
    >> On 15 Jun 2004 01:37:30 GMT, healyzh@aracnet.com wrote:
    >
    >> >> Agreed, but will TCPIP V5.4 allow you to export subdirectories?
    >> >> From what little I've played with it, I get the impression you now
    >> >> have to either export the entire disk, or use container files.
    >
    >[snip] but when I was experimenting a week or two ago,
    >I couldn't get it to let me map a directory such as DSA14:[SCRATCH] even
    >though I was using notes I had when I'd set it up under a previous
    >version.

    Dunno. The example in the manual suggests that you still can:

    TCPIP> MAP "/vmsdisk" DSA301:
       TCPIP> ADD EXPORT "/vmsdisk/brown/test" /HOST=ultra

    Why not post what you're trying so we can see what doesn't work... :)

    >
    >> I mentioned the different Apple single/double file formats; you
    >> mentioned the different VMS NFS filesystems.

    >I don't follow what you mean by "Apple single/double file formats",
    >are you talking about the Resource and Data Forks?

    Sure am.

    >If so I believe that should only be a problem with Mac OS Classic files,
    >and that Mac OS X should take care of this for you on its side when it
    >realizes that it's writting to an NFS mount.

    Hokae, mind, I did though say:
    :
    : Can't speak for OS X but use Finder windows of OpenVMS directories via
    : NFS in Classic Mac OS routinely.
    :

    >[snip] The irritating thing is,
    >with Unix underneath these days NFS should work better on Mac OS X
    >than it does (ISTR that it worked quite well on NeXTstep and OPENSTEP).

    This is in danger of getting OT for COV, but what's so funky about
    Apple's NFS in OS X that its causing you grief? Why does it not
    "just work" like yaunix(tm)?

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