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1.1       root        1: NOTE: This procedure has been tested using NeXTstep 1.0a and 3.3
                      2:       as client and Mac OS X v10.9 as server.
                      3: 
                      4:       For this procedure to work networking must be setup first
                      5:       (see networking.howto.txt for details).
                      6:       To edit files inside /etc you need super user privileges.
                      7: 
                      8:       X.X.X.X = Your host system's IP-Address (e.g. 192.168.0.1)
                      9:       serverhostname = Your host system's hostname
                     10:       clienthostname = Your NeXTstep hostname (see networking.howto)
                     11: 
                     12: 
                     13: Howto: Setup NFS file sharing under Mac OS X:
                     14: 
                     15: 1. Create the folder you want to share and change permissions using
                     16:    this command from the command line:
                     17:    chmod 777 /Path/To/Shared/Folder
                     18: 
                     19: 2. Add the folder you want to share to /etc/exports by adding this
                     20:    line to the end of the file:
                     21:    /Path/To/Shared/Folder -maproot=nobody
                     22: 
                     23: 3. Load the edited file using these commands from the command line:
                     24:    sudo nfsd checkexports
                     25:    sudo nfsd enable
                     26:    sudo nfsd stop
                     27:    sudo nfsd -N
                     28: 
                     29: 4. You can confirm that the operation was successful using this 
                     30:    command:
                     31:    showmount -e
                     32: 
                     33: NOTE: Step 3 needs to be repeated after every reboot of the host
                     34:       system because nfsd -N is not permanent.
                     35: 
                     36: 
                     37: Howto: Setup NFS file sharing under NeXTstep 3.3:
                     38: 
                     39: 1. Edit the file "/etc/hosts" by adding your host system to 
                     40:    the last line of the file (host system IP-Address followed 
                     41:    by hostname of file server):
                     42:    10.0.2.15   clienthostname
                     43:    X.X.X.X     serverhostname
                     44: 
                     45: 2. Edit the file "/etc/fstab" by adding the shared filesystem.
                     46:    Add this line at the end of the file: 
                     47:    serverhostname:/Path/To/Shared/Folder /Net nfs rw,net 0 0
                     48: 
                     49: 3. Load the edited files using these commands from the command
                     50:    line:
                     51:    su
                     52:    niload hosts / < /etc/hosts
                     53:    niload fstab / < /etc/fstab
                     54: 
                     55: 4. Reboot. The shared folder should be accessible from /Net
                     56:    directory. You can confirm that the operation was successful
                     57:    using this command:
                     58:    /usr/etc/showmount -e serverhostname
                     59: 
                     60: 
                     61: Howto: Open the above files using root privileges (NeXTstep 3.3):
                     62:    a  Open the /etc directory with this command in Terminal:
                     63:       "open /etc"
                     64:    b  Select the file to open and from Workspace select 
                     65:       Services > Open Sesame > Open As Root.

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