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Working with the Control Window

NFS Manager displays the complete NFS configuration of your computer within a clearly laid out control window. The picture below shows a typical example.

The left half of the window shows the different functional areas relating to the configuration of NFS on the respective computer. The areas are divided into the categories NFS Client and NFS Server. The subtopics will vary depending on situation and network environment.

When you click on a configuration topic, the right half of the window will change and display the currently configured operational data of the selected functional area. You can review the data and change the configuration as desired. If the data is stored on a directory node, you may have to login to the directory node first by clicking on the lock symbol before you can make any changes. After changes have been made, the two buttons in the lower right bottom will become active.

• By pressing the button Apply, the changes will be saved and they will become active immediately if technically possible.
• By pressing the button Revert, the changes will be discarded and the previous values will be restored.

Whether changes have been made to the currently selected configuration topic will also become visible through the usual dot marker in the red close button of the window. The divider line between the left and right half of the window can be moved by dragging the little divider button at roughly the bottom center, using the mouse.

The toolbar of the window contains icons for features typically used most often. Each function will be activated after clicking its respective icon. The toolbar can be closed by clicking on the small round button in the upper right corner.

The title bar of the window shows you where the currently displayed configuration comes from, e.g. whether it has been loaded from file, or if the data of a certain computer is currently shown live. Because NFS Manager can be used to remotely configure other Mac OS X systems, the monitored computer is additionally displayed at the lower left corner. This will avoid confusion and misunderstandings if you are having data of multiple computers or configuration files on screen.