Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] NFS/SMB/Appleshare on the same file system
From: Michael Rothwell (rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us)
Date: Sun Jul 13 1997 - 10:37:56 EDT
I'm running Samba and Netatalk (and one nfs share) on a Linux 2.0.29
machine, andt works great for me.I've never had a file-locking problem --
just lucky, I guess.
I imagine running Samba+Netatalk is very common. I, and others, I'm sure,
would like to see some sort of integration between Samba and Netatalk. For
instance, Netatalk creates .AppleDouble and .AppleDesktop directories which
are visible from windows machines. If my users copy files or folders out of
one directory to another via windows, it can wreck the .AppleXXXXX
information. Sometimes they just delete the .AppleDouble directory -- one
shows up on their Win95 desktops (which are stored on the network), for
instance, and they all delete it at their earliest convenience. It would be
nice if Samba could "know" about Netatalk directories and hide them, while
handling them appropriately. Like NT -- the resource forks are never
visible on NT, but always function appropriately.
Samba's macro features would be very useful on Netatalk. In fact, a unified
Samba/Netatalk server that uses common configuration files would be
extremely useful.
Of course, use of common lockfiles would be a bonus, also.
I wish I was better with C/C++ --- I could do more than just post my wish
lists.
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> From: Kamal Kantawala <kamal@mcc.com>
> To: samba@anu.edu.au; netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: [netatalk-admins] NFS/SMB/Appleshare on the same file system
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 1997 1:34 AM
>
> Dear Samba, Netatalk Administrators,
>
> I have the following question:
>
> Is it possible to do the following?
>
> On a Sun Sparcstation running Solaris 2.5, I want to able to share a
single
> file system volume via NFS, Samba, and Netatalk. Also, I would like to
know
> if there are problems with file locking in the above scenario , i.e. is
it
> possible to stop more than one person from accessing the same file at the
> same time? I would be running Solaris 2.5 on the NFS clients, Win 95/NT
on
> the Samba clients, and MacOS 7.5.x on the Netatalk clients. Most of the
files
> would be Documents, mostly Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Exel etc. The NFS
client
> usage is not an immediate need.
>
> If anybody has experience with a similar configuration, your experiences
> and feedback would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kamal Kantawala
> System Administrator,
> MCC, Austin, TX.
>
>
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