10.8.5, NFS and timestamp issues

Hello guys, I have just succeeded in exporting via NFS from a Linux box an ext3 filesystem to my mac 10.8.5.

I can mount the filesystem without any issue and I am able to either read and write to it.


The problem is twofold:


1) any file or folder accessed through Finder shows the same date of creation:


Created: January 1, 2001 1:00 AM


2) any file or folder queried through the GetFileInfo command shows the same date of creation:


mac-cecchi:~ tomcec$ GetFileInfo /Users/tomcec/mediavar/run/xinetd.pid

file: "/Users/tomcec/mediavar/run/xinetd.pid"

type: "\0\0\0\0"

creator: "\0\0\0\0"

attributes: avbstclinmedz

created: 01/01/1904 01:00:00

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

modified: 09/20/2013 10:53:41


Now, both dates (1904 and 2001) are wrong.


Questions:


- why are those dates wrong? and why in a different manner?


- is there a way to have both Finder and GetFileInfo showing the proper creation date over an NFS file/folder.


Thanks for any support you may give me,

Tommaso

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 6:55 AM

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Sep 20, 2013 7:30 AM in response to tomcec72

tomcec72 wrote:


- why are those dates wrong? and why in a different manner?


They are "NULL" values and different time systems represent the lack of time as different zero-hour times.


- is there a way to have both Finder and GetFileInfo showing the proper creation date over an NFS file/folder.


Use something other than NFS. NFS is an ancient protocol and simply doesn't have the concept of creation time. I suggest using SMB instead. This should have the data you are looking for and it is going to be the new default network file system on Mavericks.

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