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NFS server on OpenBSD, client on Mac OS X

Here is a small reciepe on how to setup an OpenBSD (I used 4.2) NFS server and have a Mac OS X (I used 10.5.1) client connect to it.

First setup the OpenBSD server to server /mnt/sd0a over NFS:

# echo "portmap=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf.local
# echo "nfs_server=YES" >> /etc/rc.conf.local
# echo "/mnt/sd0a -network=192.168.1 -mask=255.255.255.0" >> /etc/exports
# portmap
# nfsd -tun 4
# mountd

Now test the share on you Apple:

# mount_nfs -P 192.168.1.254:/mnt/sd0a /private/tmp/test/
# df -h /private/tmp/test
# umount /private/tmp/test

Now because apple used automount by default (check /etc/auto_master on your Apple) you can find the OpenBSD NFS server in the finder:
A screenshot of the finder showing the shared mountpoint.

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