NFSManager is a small tool for easy access to the NFS features of Mac OS X. As an operating system with a Unix core, Mac OS X is able to support the Network File System (NFS) protocol according to internet specification RFC 1094. NFS is the accepted industry standard for sharing files between Unix systems.
Although NFS is a built-in component of Mac OS X, users cannot access this feature without special knowledge and use of the command-line. NFSManager solves this problem by providing an easy-to-use Aqua interface for the definition of NFS connections.
What's New
Version 3.6:
This version adds support for the operating system Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Please read the Release Notes. Higher level components of the first releases of Mac OS X Lion might not be mature enough yet to use NFS features of the lower system levels under all circumstances. Data loss can occur.
Support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been removed. Mac OS X 10.6 is now the minimum requirement to use the application.
All components of the application now support full 64 bit operation.
The user interfaces to log in to directory services have been modified to match the design of current Mac OS X versions.
The internal architecture to communicate with Apple Open Directory Services has been redesigned in order to use the latest Mac OS X technologies.
When using Lion, the following new features of the operating system can be accessed via NFS Manager:
Support for NFS version 4 (client only).
Support for NFS over IPv6 (client only).
Configuration of callback features for NFSv4 operation.
Specific selection of TCP or UDP protocols for the different NFS sub-services.
Opportunistic fetching of attributes via ACCESS calls.
Disabling quota operations for specific mounts.
Disabling extended attributes and fork features for NFSv4 access.
Enabling Access Control Lists ("ACL permissions") for NFSv4 access.
Replacing POSIX permissions by ACL permissions during NFSv4 access.
Using Unicode Normalization Form C for the encoding of names during NFS communication.
Version 3.6:
This version adds support for the operating system Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Please read the Release Notes. Higher level components of the first releases of Mac OS X Lion might not be mature enough yet to use NFS features of the lower system levels under all circumstances. Data loss can occur.
Support for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been removed. Mac OS X 10.6 is now the minimum more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later.
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hello i am new here on macupdate
And i try too use nfs on my mede8er and my imac i have an internet connection by cable
Try too use it with my imac
who can tell me how i can connect my mede8er500x2 with my imac i have shared my disk, but i want too now how i must fill in de map so that i can login too my imac i have tryed it but i won't work
thnx already
my best regards
marcel
NFS Manager makes my life easier and cannot recommend it enough.
I have a Mac Mini sitting inside a guttered ANS500 with 10 SATA drives connected to the Mini via a miniPCIe to PCIe adaptor and SiliconImage controllers and Port Multipliers.
ZFS RAIDz is running on the drives and I use NFS Manager to share the ZFS volumes out to the rest of the computers in the house.
AFP/ZFS is essentially broken when compared to NFS/ZFS performance so NFS Manager just makes my setup all that sweater...
There are no recent reviews, so I'll add that this application has improved a lot since the early days and is now pretty good. Not many people would have a use for it, but if you do it's a reasonable value. I use it to create a Macports build server on my local network.
I tried to set up an NFS server on 10.4 but somehow the usual way (i.e. /etc/exports) didn't do it so I decided to try out NFS Manager. It did a great job, I configured NFS for my Mac and haven't touched the app since then. It does one thing (and even for free if you just want to try it) and it does it well.
[Version 2.8]
Anonymousreviewed on 15 Jun 2005
Buggy and Broken. GUI Stops responding after about 3 minutes. Zillions of menus but no real explanation about what they actually do in the Help.
Can't deal with an NFS share from my Linux machine. Can't connect to it, can't see it. Just ignores it.
Even the Finder at least tries. Has left with me with zillions of 192.168.x.x folders in /Volumes for some reason.
Whatever this app is trying to do would probably better done from the command line.
[Version 2.8]
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Anonymouscommented on 15 Oct 2005
I can not get my linux drive mounted either. The Ext2fsx fixed this problem. I have not been able to figure out how this one worked.
Anonymousreviewed on 14 Feb 2005
Excellent product. Works well!
[Version 2.71]
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NFSManager is a small tool for easy access to the NFS features of Mac OS X. As an operating system with a Unix core, Mac OS X is able to support the Network File System (NFS) protocol according to internet specification RFC 1094. NFS is the accepted industry standard for sharing files between Unix systems.
Although NFS is a built-in component of Mac OS X, users cannot access this feature without special knowledge and use of the command-line. NFSManager solves this problem by providing an easy-to-use Aqua interface for the definition of NFS connections.
cookingmarcel reviewed on 02 Jan 2012
And i try too use nfs on my mede8er and my imac i have an internet connection by cable
Try too use it with my imac
who can tell me how i can connect my mede8er500x2 with my imac i have shared my disk, but i want too now how i must fill in de map so that i can login too my imac i have tryed it but i won't work
thnx already
my best regards
marcel
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bitshifter reviewed on 28 Aug 2011
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marcus27 reviewed on 22 Jun 2011
But dose not work with Lion.
E-mailed the developer, But no reply
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Received an e-mail from the Developer,a lion compatible version will be released in time for Lion
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Hoondi reviewed on 09 Nov 2010
I have a Mac Mini sitting inside a guttered ANS500 with 10 SATA drives connected to the Mini via a miniPCIe to PCIe adaptor and SiliconImage controllers and Port Multipliers.
ZFS RAIDz is running on the drives and I use NFS Manager to share the ZFS volumes out to the rest of the computers in the house.
AFP/ZFS is essentially broken when compared to NFS/ZFS performance so NFS Manager just makes my setup all that sweater...
R.
I.T. Manager
Melbourne
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Borlox reviewed on 16 Mar 2010
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It's so bad you can't even use it. I'm glad it has a demo period..
+5
perlmonkey reviewed on 03 Jan 2006
Anonymous reviewed on 15 Jun 2005
Can't deal with an NFS share from my Linux machine. Can't connect to it, can't see it. Just ignores it.
Even the Finder at least tries. Has left with me with zillions of 192.168.x.x folders in /Volumes for some reason.
Whatever this app is trying to do would probably better done from the command line.
Anonymous reviewed on 14 Feb 2005
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marcus27 rated on 20 Nov 2011
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marcus27 rated on 09 Jul 2011