Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] does netatalk handle filelocking? (and vs. Windows NT)
From: Julian Elischer (julian@whistle.com)
Date: Fri Oct 03 1997 - 13:21:35 EDT
Alistair Riddell wrote:
>
> Q1: AFAIK file locking has yet to be added to Netatalk.
>
> Q2: Linux/Netatalk is free, and is also way faster than NT on the
> same hardware.
> Also, I think you would be hard pushed to find an NT box with an uptime of
> more than a couple of months, let alone the 400 days + that I have heard
> of with linux...
>
> On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Jeff Wiegley wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to pitch to my employers that linnux/netatalk is the
> > way to go for solving our windows/mac filesharing problems.
> >
> > I've gotten netatalk up and running without too much trouble and
> > I've got a meeting set to discuss using linux as the server
> > operating system versus using Windows NT.
> >
> > Two questions I have:
> >
> > 1) Does netatalk support any sort of file locking mechanisms?
> > using the mac server that we now use locking seems to happen
> > but under my installation of netatalk on a temporary machine
> > file locking doesn't seem to happen.
netatalk doesn't yet really support full locking yet..
We use it in our product together with SAMBA, and are adding
compatibility code to both for this. Common locking is something
we're looking at. The Guy presently in charge of Samba works here,
where his job includes working on netatalk, so they do work together
well, but locking is a bit harder.
> >
> > 2) Can everyone give me some good reasons why we should use
> > linux as the operating system of choice instead of
> > Windows NT? I have one supervisor who is not real keen on
> > using linux because NT is a well-known commercial product.
> > (I say "big deal"...)
We use FreeBSD in our product. The arguments are the same as Linux.
1/ They are stable
2/ they can be fully managed remotely.
3/ They are fast.
4/ the price is right.
5/ The support is better.
BTW, see www.whistle.com for the product..
> >
> > any how any answer to these questions or any other topics that
> > might be of interest to note about using netatalk/samba and linux
> > together would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > - Jeff Wiegley
> >
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