Mac OS X Server 10.4: Third-party clients cannot see contents of NFS export

  • Last Modified: April 28, 2006
  • Article: TA24106
  • Old Article: 303696

Products Affected

Mac OS X Server 10.4

HFS Plus file systems exported by Mac OS 10.4 and later use 64-bit values in the NFSv3 READDIR cookies. Some clients running non-Apple operating systems may only be able to handle 32-bit values in the NFSv3 64-bit READDIR cookies. These clients will not see the full contents of NFS shares exported by a Mac OS X 10.4 Server.

To resolve the issue, use one of these two solutions:

  • Export the NFS directory using the "-32bitclients" option. Note: This requires Mac OS X Server 10.4.3 or later.

    -- Or --

  • Have the client OS access the share using NFSv2 (which only has 32-bit READDIR cookies) instead of NFSv3.
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