IPV6 and rpcbind.

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IPV6 and rpcbind.

I'm wondering how to configure a Leopard server so that rpcbind will accept IPV6 connections. (think of NFS or CIFS over IPV6) With Linux, one has tirpc and /etc/netconfig. Is there something similar in Leopard ?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 23, 2008 2:59 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 21, 2008 10:49 AM in response to Iozone

Unfortunately, Mac OS X doesn't yet support NFS over IPv6 (or rpcbind).

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Answer 2

Sep 17, 2008 8:00 PM in response to Mike Mackovitch

As Mike indicated you are out of luck for the moment as NFS over IPv6 is not supported by any of the MacOS X releases up to and including 10.5.x.

If you are needing a way of connecting to a Unix based machine which is IPv6 accessible, then another solution is to use a combination of MacFuse and MacFusion. This will allow you to access the server using ssh and mount a path from the remote machine locally. It certainly has a bit of overhead due to encryption, but it is the best solution available at this time.

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