Linux and AppleTalk

[Gordon Chamberlin]

Netatalk is installed and working.

Has anyone gotten afpfs working?  I tried compiling, the tar from http://www.thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/, but it could get very far.


Craig,

Thanks for the tip about the appletalk module.  That was a real life saver.

Thanks.
 -Gordon


Craig White wrote:
> 
> Yes, use the tarballs from thehamptons - not the rpm
> 
> then there is another issue with redhat 6.2 - see below - finally, make sure
> that you are changing the correct configuration file because the
> configuration file for the rpm is not necessarily the same file as the
> tarball will require. Make sure that you create the 'share' and check the
> syslog for errors.
> 
> .......
> 
> 'man modprobe' ... the kernel documentation tells you the module name
> appletalk.o which can be inserted via 'modprobe appletalk'.
> 
> > The alias statement tells the kernel that when it needs network protocol
> > family 5 (net-pf-5), it should load the appletalk.o kernel module.  I
> > don't know why this doesn't work automatically in the RedHat 6.2 kernel.
> 
> This has nothing to do with the kernel ... the kernel level autoloader
> just calls 'modprobe net-pf-5' which, when nothing is specified in the
> /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/conf.modules) file, does nothing.
> The suggested entry associates net-pf-5 with the appletalk-module.
> 
> BTW: a much better way to load the appletalk module would be a
> 'modprobe appletalk' in the rc.atalk script. Then, when shutting down
> netatalk, you can also add 'sleep 10; rmmod appletalk' after atalkd is
> terminated. This way, restarting netatalk does not require a reboot!
> 
> Craig
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Gordon
> > Chamberlin
> > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 4:27 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Linux and AppleTalk
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry if this question is a repeat.  I sent it once, but didn't
> > see it see on the list.
> >
> > I'm setting up a redhat 6.2 box to talk via AppleTalk.  I've
> > tried a few different things to set it up.  The netatalk rpm
> > available at ftp://contrib.redhat.com/pub/contrib/libc6/i386/
> > won't boot.  It always complains that there aren't any interfaces
> > available.
> >
> > I tried using the precompiled binaries available at
> > http://www.thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/.  The iMac could see
> > the linux server, ask for a user name and password, but then
> > would authentic.  The guest access seemed to work but didn't have
> > any shares in the list.
> >
> > Reading further at that page, it states that if a person can't
> > login from a Mac to the linux server it is usually a problem with
> > shadow passwords.  However, I did download the one that stated it
> > had shadow password support.
> >
> > If someone has some experience with this, any pointers would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >  -Gordon
> > --

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  Gordon Chamberlin		Software Architect
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