connect to mac with ubuntu

[bazookaman]

i'm typing this on my ubuntu laptop. i can "see" my macpro on the wireless network, but when I click it, i see nothing. It says something like "windows shares on macpro"...which of course is obviously empty.

so what is the best/easiest way to connect to a shared folder on my macpro with ubuntu? Or is there even an easy way?

[Seacrest]

SFTP.
Or figure out how to share volumes/folders with SMB on the Mac.

[Tofer]

I would use sshfs. In Ubuntu, install sshfs with:

sudo apt-get install sshfs

Steps to mount your mac drive:

1. Create a folder on your Ubuntu box with a name like MacHD:

$ mkdir ~/MacHD

2. use the following command to mount the drive:

$ sshfs yourMacUserName@yourMacAddress: ~/MacHD
(note the space after the colon, and note that you'll have to type your mac password)

3. Now your mac drive should show up as a drive on your Ubuntu box.

To unmount the drive use fusermount:

$ fusermount -u ~/MacHD

-Tofer
edit: Forgot to mention that you need to have the ssh server activated on your mac, using System Resources-->Sharing-->Remote Login

[Article Accelerator]

So easy even a caveman could do it!

[Tofer]

Article Accelerator wrote:
So easy even a caveman could do it!

I've been using an Ubuntu desktop at school for about three years now, and you slowly learn how to play the game. You can do almost everything you want to do with Ubuntu and all the tools are free, but it definitely takes time to figure out how to do it. Those of us slightly-extra nerdy types get a kick out of figuring it out sometimes!

[silvarios]

To be fair, some of the solutions to my problems on the Mac only have a command line option as well. Sometimes you have to dig into the guts to get something done.

Didn't MAVIC just post a solution to this issue? You just need to install Netatalk and Avahi and edit a couple config files.

http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1118707

[DRR]

I've used Netatalk and avahi in the past without any issue.

Used this guide which goes in depth specifically about TM but is basically a writeup on filesharing between Ubuntu and OSX.

http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubun...ne-volume/