Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Newbie questions
From: Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Date: Wed Mar 25 1998 - 18:47:34 EST
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, SEBESTYEN Zoltan wrote:
> they communicate with the Macs and PC(not yet) via AppleTalk. So I must
> make up somehow their 'address'. I'm a newbie to the Mac world so please
> tell me how to find out their 'address' if that's what is required.
AppleTalk addresses are allocated dynamicly. Therefore usually a device is
identified by it's name, type, and the zone it is in. This is often
expressed as name:type@zone
> The next question is about the AppleVolumes files. What's the real
> difference between the AppleVolumes.system, AppleVolumes.default and the
> users' $HOME/AppleVolumes files?
AppleVolumes.System gives settings that apply to all users.
~~/.AppleVolumes gives settings for one user only, additional to those in
AppleVolumes.System.
AppleVolumes.default gives settings that apply to all users who don't have
~~/.AppleVolumes. They are in addition to those in AppleVolumes.System.
> I created an account on FBSD especially for the the Macs to get the
> shared disk space of the PC. At first I didn't gave it password, because
> in this local network noone had password, they don't want to bother with
> it. But I couldn't log from the Macs(so they could have 'mounted' the
> shared disks) in until I gave some password to the account. Why is it so?
> It's FreeBSD who refused the logins or netatalk?
Who don't you simply use guest login?
-- Alistair Riddell - BOFH IT Support Department, George Watson's College, Edinburgh Tel: +44 131 447 7931 Ext 176 Fax: +44 131 452 8594
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