Enable NFS server -32bitclients option on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

 enable -32bitclients option on the NFS server can fix the problem: NFS + readdir() issues in 10.4?

• 1. Dump the existing exports, if any, to a file. Start the Terminal application. Type the following commands at the prompt:
  • su root
  • nidump -r /exports . > ~/exportfile
  • Note that the '.' indicates the current domain.
  • This places a list of all the existing exports in a file, using a property-list notation.
• 2. Edit the file to add new exports or modify existing exports.
  • cp ~/exportfile ~/exportfile.bkup
  • vi ~/exportfile

  • {
      "name" = ( "exports" );
      CHILDREN = (
        {
          "name" = ( "/Volumes/home" );
          "opts" = ( "32bitclients", "maproot=nobody" );
        }
      )
    }
    

• 3. Load the modified exports back into Netinfo.
  • niload -r /exports . < ~/exportfile
• 4. If something goes drastically wrong, restore the original exports:
  • niload -r /exports . < ~/exportfile.bkup
• 5. Restart the server. (Alternatively, if you feel lucky, use Terminal.app to start 'mountd' if it's not running, or send it a SIGHUP if it is by typing the following command:
  • kill -HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid`

See also:

• Enable NFS server -32bitclients option on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard