Looking for a mentor/adviser

[Eric Shubert]

Craig White wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 21:23 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
>> Craig White wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 20:53 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 2010-01-31 at 18:42 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
>>>>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 17:46 -0700, Eric Shubert wrote:
>>>>>>>> Kurt Granroth wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 1/30/10 10:10 AM, Matt Graham wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> After a long battle with technology, Craig White wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>>>> - Netatalk (Macintosh AFP server)
>>>>>>>>>> Really?  That package recently dropped off the Gentoo ebuilds list because
>>>>>>>>>> there wasn't that much demand for it and it's not really being maintained.
>>>>>>>>>> There just aren't as many MacOS 9 boxes out there as there used to be, after
>>>>>>>>>> all.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Not just MacOS 9... the modern OS X "File Sharing" uses AFP.  It's still 
>>>>>>>>> the default way to share OS X drives on Linux.
>>>>>>>> Funny that would come up. We just configured an ubuntu server with 
>>>>>>>> netatalk at the IF today. It works with Tiger and Leopard, but 10.5.6+ 
>>>>>>>> functionality is questionable.
>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>> check the dns on the snow leopard system or better yet, connect via IP
>>>>>>> address instead of DNS resolution. I am seeing some strange behavior
>>>>>>> from snow leopard.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>> I wish we could, but I only have a Tiger system to test with. I don't 
>>>>>> think Don (whose server we worked on) has Snow Leopard yet either, just 
>>>>>> Leopard. :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was planning to upgrade the Tiger host to Snow Leopard in the near 
>>>>>> future. Do you think I should hold off on that? The host is a MacMini.
>>>>> ----
>>>>> I have several clients running many Mac's (Leopard) and connecting to
>>>>> Netatalk and using it daily... no problemo
>>>> Do you have samba sharing any of the same data along with netatalk?
>>> ----
>>> yes - everywhere
>>>
>>> anticipating your next questions... (2.05) and...
>>>
>>> (sample AppleVolumes.default setting)
>>> /home/shares/files Shared Files" perm:775 allow:@"Domain Users" \
>>> rwlist:@"Domain Users"  cnidscheme:dbd  options:usedots
>>>
>>> # ls -ald /home/shares/files/.AppleDB
>>> drwxrwsr-x 2 ja Domain Users 4096 Dec  7
>>> 18:15 /home/shares/files/.AppleDB
>>>
>>> # ls -al /home/shares/files/.AppleDB
>>> total 34824
>>> drwxrwxr-x 2 ja            Domain Users     4096 Dec  7 18:15 .
>>> drwxrwxrwx 8 administrator Domain Users     4096 Dec 28 11:09 ..
>>> -rw-rwxr-x 1 ja            Domain Users 35590144 Dec 23 10:33 cnid2.db
>>> -rw-rwxr-x 1 ja            Domain Users        0 Dec  7 18:15 db_errlog
>>> -rw-rwxr-x 1 ja            Domain Users        0 Dec  7 18:15 lock
>>>
>>> (I find setting the 'group' sticky bit on the shared folder and group
>>> ownership and write bits on .AppleDB and all enclosed files essential)
>>>
>>> Craig
>> Thanks Craig. I hope to get to this by the end of the week. I think 
>> you've covered my unasked questions. :) I'll let you know how I make out.
> ----
> one more thing - if you are using 2.05 and LDAP...
> 
> the supplied netatalk 'pam.d' module didn't work for LDAP (probably
> works for /etc/passwd users but I always use LDAP now)
> 
> this, however does work with LDAP
> 
> # cat /etc/pam.d/netatalk
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth       required     pam_nologin.so
> auth       include      system-auth
> account    include      system-auth
> session    include      system-auth
> password   include      system-auth
> 
> Craig

Thanks for the heads up, Craig. I'll be implementing LDAP eventually, 
but for now it's just me and the wife on this server. I'll KISS at this 
point. ;)

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-Eric 'shubes'