What You've Learned Mac OS X supports four file-sharing protocols for maximum compatibility with other operating systems: • AFP, primarily used by other Macintosh computers • SMB, primarily used by Windows computers • FTP, used by most computers • NFS, primarily used by other UNIX-based systems You can use the Finder's Network browser to locate servers that offer share points over various protocols, such as AFP and SMB. To manage mounts from the command line, use mount to mount, umount to unmount, and nfsstat to troubleshoot NFS mounts. One way to have mounts at login is to first mount the volume, then drag it inside the Login Items tab of the Accounts preferences pane within System Preferences, which makes an alias for mounting at login. Knowing the specifics behind what happens when you use Connect to Server, such as where the mount occurs in the local file system, can help you better troubleshoot problems as they arise.
References Apple Knowledge Base Documents The following Knowledge Base document (located at www.apple.com/support) provides further information on file services. Document 106439, "'Well Known' TCP and UDP Ports Used By Apple Software Products" Books Ts, Jay; Eckstein, Robert; and Collier-Brown, David. Using Samba, 2nd ed. (O'Reilly, 2003). You can also find a copy of the book on your Mac OS X computer at /usr/share/swat/ using_samba/toc.html. URLs Apple developer documentation: http://developer.apple.com/documentation Samba: www.samba.org NFS protocol specification: www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3530.txt |
