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 - 17:22:35 EDT
Netatalk synthesises filt type/creator information based on filename
extensions. But, with no extensions, or wrong extensions, the Macs will no
longer have the correct information supplied to them. And Mac users aren't
used to using filename extensions. Sometimes they don't even know what they
should be. And, with on-the-fly file/creator type creation, you only ever
have one choice for a given extension. With .AppleXXX files, the server
remembers what the Mac wants to see for a given file.
Another issue is icons. It's not a huge one for most people, but we produce
CD-ROMs, and need for the Finder information (icons, icon positions, window
sizes, etc.) to be preserved.
-M
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> From: Michael Stone <mstone@itri.loyola.edu>
> To: Michael Rothwell <rothwell@email.cybergrafx.com>
> Cc: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] NFS/SMB/Appleshare on the same file system
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 1997 5:12 PM
>
> Quoting Michael Rothwell (rothwell@email.cybergrafx.com):
> > Well, the .AppleXXXX directories are neccessary, so that the Macs can
> > 'know' about files on the server. They need the resource fork to
identify
> > the file type and creator.
>
> Hmm. So, how do the macs figure out the file type and creator for
> files created by non-macs? If that data can be generated part of
> the time, I don't see why it can't be generated all of the time.
> Whether that ability is useful depends on the composition of the
> machines on your network, but for people with only a few macs,
> it is annoying to have their droppings in all the directories in
> the file system. Hiding the appledoubles is aesthetically more
> pleasing for non-mac users, but it cause other problems, e.g.,
> when one of the non-mac users tries to delete a directory tree
> with hidden appledouble directories.
>
> --
> Michael Stone, Sysadmin, ITRI
> mstone@itri.loyola.edu
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