benavento / mac9p

9P Kernel Extension for MacOS

Mac9P 1.1

Mac9P is a software that allows you to mount 9P file systems on a Mac OS X system.

Install

Run Install Mac9P from the Mac9P.dmg.

Uninstall

Run Uninstall.tool from the Mac9P.dmg.

Building

Prerequisites

• Xcode.

Compiling

In a terminal run:

cd mac9
make all

Mounting

From the Finder

_(Broken if the binary is not signed) Go -> Connect to Server...: 9p://sources.cs.bell-labs.com.

From a Terminal

mkdir /tmp/sources
mount -t 9p -onoauth sources.cs.bell-labs.com /tmp/sources

Documentation

See mount_9p(8).

Troubleshooting

Disable kext signing check

1. Boot into Recovery Mode by restarting your mac while holding down Command+R.
2. Open a Terminal from Utilities -> Terminal and run:

csrutil disable
csrutil enable --without kext