[netatalk-admins] atalkd


Subject: [netatalk-admins] atalkd
From: Ravi S (ravi@india.ti.com)
Date: Thu Apr 09 1998 - 08:08:48 EDT


On SunOS, should atalkd be run as root? The rc.atalk has
the following lines:
######################
echo -n 'loading netatalk: '
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/etc/netatalk.o ]; then
        /usr/etc/modload -sym /user/ravi/atalk/etc/netatalk.o;
fi
 
echo -n 'starting appletalk daemons:'
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/etc/atalkd ]; then
        /user/ravi/atalk/etc/atalkd; echo -n ' atalkd'
fi
 
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/bin/nbprgstr ]; then
        /user/ravi/atalk/bin/nbprgstr -p 4 `hostname|sed 's/\..*$//'`:Workstatio
n
        /user/ravi/atalk/bin/nbprgstr -p 4 `hostname|sed 's/\..*$//'`:netatalk
                                        echo -n ' nbprgstr'
fi
 
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/etc/papd ]; then
        /user/ravi/atalk/etc/papd; echo -n ' papd'
fi
 
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/etc/afpd ]; then
        /user/ravi/atalk/etc/afpd; echo -n ' afpd'
fi
 
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/etc/timelord ]; then
        /user/ravi/atalk/etc/timelord; echo -n ' timelord'
fi
 
                                        echo '.'
######################

Can I have only the following lines in this file (rc.atalk)

echo -n 'loading netatalk: '
if [ -f /user/ravi/atalk/etc/netatalk.o ]; then
        /usr/etc/modload -sym /user/ravi/atalk/etc/netatalk.o;
fi

and start the daemons as a normal user?

Thanks and Best Regards, Ravi



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