NFS Manager
NFS Manager is a graphical user interface to
control all built-in NFS features of Mac OS X. It can manage a whole
network of Mac OS X computers to setup a distributed NFS file system via
a few simple mouse clicks.
NFS (Network File System) is the industry standard for file sharing on UNIX systems like Mac OS X. Each Mac OS X system can be setup as an NFS server to offer files to the network, or as an NFS client to access files shared by other computers. NFS can be setup to connect to servers fully automatically (“automounting”) without any password entries being necessary.
The application is designed to use the latest technologies available in Mac OS X, like Open Directory, Bonjour, or Kerberos. If your network is setup as a Kerberos realm, secure NFS with authenticated and encrypted connections can be configured.
The software is distributed electronically. You can download the product and test it before you decide to purchase a license for unrestricted usage.
Support of OS X 10.10 Yosemite
NFS Manager 3.9 supports OS X 10.10. If you are receiving an error message on launch that an unknown operating system has been detected, this will indicate that you are trying to use an outdated build. Please ensure to use Build 140611 which is available since June 2014.
Network directory server can be required for NFS automounts with Mavericks and Yosemite
Unfortunately, the operating systems OS X 10.9 Mavericks and OS X 10.10 Yosemite contain a design flaw which can affect the use of NFS client features in specific configuration cases: The local directory service database of OS X is currently unable to handle automount entries correctly. This has two consequences:
- You cannot edit or delete automount entries stored in the local database (Open Directory node “/Local/Default”) if you had created these entries with previous versions of OS X or Mac OS X, and then upgraded to OS X 10.9 or later. This limitation affects all applications of all vendors, including NFS Manager, all of Apple's utilities, and all built-in command-line tools.
- When configuring new automount entries for the NFS client, you must store them onto a network directory server, not as local “per computer” entry on each individual system. This means you may need an additional Apple Open Directory or Microsoft Active Directory server in case you don't have one already.
Please see the Release Notes of NFS Manager for more information. We made Apple aware that current OS X versions don't comply with Apple's own specifications and documentation. This problem is ignored since September 2013.
OS X Mavericks is affected by additional flaws in the Finder and the DNS cache which limit operation and performance when using file service client features. Users who like to use OS X in professional network environments should avoid Mavericks and update to Yosemite.

