You have to run netatalk and howl, both are in the ports.  Then your
FreeBSD machine will show in Finder like any other Mac server.

Ted

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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles Howse
>Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 8:18 AM
>To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder
>
>
>Thanks for the reply, Per.
>I understand what you're saying, but will a FreeBSD machine show up in
>Finder under any circumstances?
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Unfortunately is OS X not so good when it comes to NFS.
>> To make your FreeBSD box talk either AFP or SMB solves your
>problem. If
>> you have something against that you could try NFS Manager.
>> http://www.bresink.com/osx/NFSManager.html
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Per Johnson
>>
>> Charles Howse wrote:
>>> Hello List,
>>>
>>> I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab
>in System
>>> Preferences tells me that other machines on the network can access as
>>> 'larry.local'.
>>>
>>> I have a FreeBSD 4.11 machine on the same subnet, named
>"moe" (no domain
>>> name), with NFS enabled.
>>>
>>> I can connect to the FreeBSD machine's share by using
>"Connect to Server" in
>>> OS X, but the machine doesn't show up in the Network pane of Finder.
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me to some resources where I can find a
>resolution to this?
>
>--
>Thanks,
>CharlesĀ 
>Mac OS X Tiger
>
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