NFS permission denied after 10.6.7 update

On 10.6.7? That's not working for me.

I do this all of the time on 10.6.7 without problem - what are you putting into the address field?

If your NFS server is Linux, BSD or some other form of Unix you need to put your nfs server in "insecure" mode.

/etc/exports

/srv/storage *(rw,sync,insecure)

I use the following to squish all permissions so that everyone can always write to my linux share:

/srv/storage *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,all_squash,anonuid=501,anongid=20,insecure)

All the files on my Linux box are owned by user 501 and group 20.

I'm curious if this is possible on an NFS appliance like a Buffalo Terastation. If I were using a UNIX or Linux box as an NFS server (and had root access to them) I could see this working. However, with my situation, I don't have the ability to change the server settings as you have described. It's (the Terastation) locked down.

The problem isn't with file permissions though.This may have lead to some confusion. Within terminal you can view all the permissions and they are as they should be. The problem is accessing these NFS shares via Finder. Finder reports them as read-only and will not allow changes. You can't even create or delete a folder. When accessing these NFS mount points via Terminal, you can read, write, and create new folders just fine. This bug is within the Finder application itself. Somehow it's not recognizing the correct permissions of the mount point.

The "insecure" tells the nfsd server to use ports that do not require root access. The documentation states:

The insecure option in this entry also allows clients with NFS implementations that don't use a reserved port for NFS.

Mac OSX is one of these clients. If the Terrastation can't run in "insecure mode" which I believe means running on ports above #1024 then OSX won't be able to connect. I had this issue with the Intel SS4200-E NAS

Isn't this why you pass 'resvport' when you mount NFS shares within Mac OS X? You can also use '-o resvport' to accomplish the same thing as you described. Thanks for the tip.

Clint,

Thanks for that tip. I didn't read the man page well enough to pick that one up!

Hey Tebruno99 and Forum,

Can't say much because of Non-Disclosure Agreements...but, I expect the fix to be coming very soon.

FYI, this bug appears to be fixed in the latest 10.6.8 seed release.

Any update as to when the fix will be released? My NFS permissions are all messed up. Has caused issues with my iPhoto library being locked and with adding any new music to my iTunes directory on NAS. I hope the release is soon.

I doubt anybody could say for sure, but I have a feeling it will be soon. The frequency of seed releases tends to increase shortly before the final release, and there were two of them this past week.

i have just installed the latest beta of 10.6.8.. and our finder permission errors are fixed! Horray apple.. now just release the GM already

Apple is leading dramatically to be an excellent selling phones, but far fromprofessional systems. OSX is UNIX, NFS is UNIX, it is shameful lack of support. This unfortunately is not serious.

It looks like Apple has finally posted 10.6.8. Hooray!

I can confirm that the issue is fixed in 10.6.8 (using autofs).