Hello,

I have three Linux boxes (all running CentOS 4.0) on my home network. Each Linux box can read/write the other two via NFS. I'd like to add my new MacBook to the mix, but it gives me this error when I try to connect to any of the Linux boxes: "Could not connect to the server becaue the name or password is not correct." (It never prompted me for a name or password.) I've been trying to connect in the Finder with: nfs://192.168.0.100/home/farmer which is the address of one of the Linux machines. I've also tried variations such as nfs://192.168.0.100 and nfs://192.168.0.100:/home/farmer (colon added), with the same results. Any way to get this to work? I would think filesharing should be super-easy on a Mac. NFS is fully supported in Mac OSX and it should work.

Also, I'm not married to NFS. I've tried enabling SMB on the Linux boxes (using the 'Control Panel' GUI), but still no luck. (But it just seems wrong to use SMB to network a Linux and a Mac.) I haven't tried FTP or SFTP yet.

I've only had the MacBook for about a week, so I'm still getting acquainted. Oh, also, the MacBook automatically settled in on the network at 192.168.0.103, as expected, with the Linux boxes at 100, 101, and 102. And I can ping everything just fine.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Here's an update to the original post: I've got SMB working, for the most part. I can copy most files from the Linux box (SMB server) to the Mac. (For some files, the Mac complains that I don't have sufficient privileges?? I haven't yet looked into that.) However I am unable to copy files from the Mac to the Linux box. How do I enable write privileges to the Linux box(s) from the Mac in SMB?

Also, I'd still rather do this filesharing with NFS. As I mentioned above, NFS is fully supported in Mac OSX and it should work. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!