Linux and AppleTalk

[Craig White]

afpfs?

I use the 'b37' distro which works fine - file sharing via IP, printer
sharing - most everything I would expect it to be.

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: Monday, September 04, 2000 9:52 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Linux and AppleTalk
>
>
>
> 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
> > > --
>
> --
>   Gordon Chamberlin		Software Architect
>   Visualize, Inc.		http://www.visualizeinc.com
>   (602) 861-0999 ext. 14	glac@visualizeinc.com
>
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