Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 215)

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8 For the Mount option:
Choose “dynamically in Network/Servers” if you want client users to see share points in the
/Network/Servers folder of their computers. When a user selects a share point in the folder,
the share point is mounted on the user’s computer. You should choose this option for home
directories.
Choose “statically in” if you want the share point to mount automatically when the client
computer starts up and enter the location in the user’s directory hierarchy where you want
the item to appear. The share point appears as a folder in the location you specify.
9 For the “Mount using” option, choose whether you want to automount the share point using
AFP or NFS.
10 Click Save.
Resharing NFS Mounts as AFP Share Points
Resharing NFS mounts (NFS volumes that have been exported to the Mac OS X Server) as
AFP share points allows clients to access NFS volumes using the secure authentication of an
AFP connection. Resharing NFS mounts also allows Mac OS 9 clients to access NFS file
services on traditional UNIX networks.
To reshare an NFS mount as an AFP share point:
1 From the NFS server, export the directories you want to reshare to the Mac OS X server.
Since AFP runs as root, the NFS export must map root-to-root so that AFP will be able to
access the files for the clients. Restrict the export to the single AFP server (seen as the client
to the NFS server). This can be made even more secure by having a private network for the
AFP-to-NFS connection.
2 On the AFP server, create a mount record that mounts the reshared volumes in the /nfs-
reshare directory.
3 Use the Sharing module in Workgroup Manager to share the NFS mounts as AFP share
points. The NFS mounts appear as normal volumes in the All list. ( You can also share the NFS
mounts using SMB and FTP, but it is recommended that you only use AFP.) You can change
privileges and ownership, but not enable quotas (quotas work only on local volumes).
However, if quotas are enabled on the NFS server, they should apply to the reshared volume
as well.
Managing Sharing
This section describes tasks you might perform after you have set up sharing on your server.
Setup information appears in “Setting Up Sharing” on page 211.