Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] fwd: AppleVolumes.system vs. AppleVolumes.default
From: netatalk@umich.edu
Date: Tue Jul 08 1997 - 13:58:11 EDT
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From: Patrik Schindler <poc@pingnet.de>
To: Evan P Cordes <epcordes@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
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Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] fwd: AppleVolumes.system vs. AppleVolumes.default
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> > Does the AppleVolumes.default file really have any function? When I
> > remove it, my home directory still shows up in the chooser, whether I have
> > a $HOME/.AppleVolumes file or not. And when I add pathnames to it, no
> > additional volumes show up in the chooser. I have to add those to the
> > AppleVolumes.system file.
> >
> > Is there any reason I shouldn't delete AppleVolumes.default?
> >
>
> I have just noticed the same thing, with some dismay. The AppleVolumes.default
> file does not seem to provide any additional volumes to users, and
> now even the entries in AppleVolumes.system file seem to be ignored.
> I am using the same software! The only change is that I now have
> an AppleVolumes.default file in /usr/local/atalk/etc!
AppleVolumes.default provides Volumes to unauthorized Users (login as guest).
The default localtion for AppleVolumes.system and default is
/usr/local/etc/. Possibly this is different from platform to platform.
PoC
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