Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] AFPD idle timeout?
From: Bob Smith, Hammett & Edison, Inc. (bsmith@h-e.com)
Date: Mon Aug 31 1998 - 17:10:55 EDT
On Fri, Aug 28, 1998, 11:10:03 Neil McAllister wrote:
>Is there a way to add an "idle timeout" feature to afpd? It would be nice
>to force users to drop those server volumes into the trash when they're not
>using them, to reduce overall network load -- but in particular I'm
>thinking more of "dead" afpd processes that are left on the netatalk server
>when someone experiences a crash or otherwise drops the connection to afpd.
>It would be nice if they would go away by themselves.
>
>--
>Neil McAllister, Systems Administrator
>Primo Angeli Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA
>http://www.primo.com mailto:nmcallister@primo.com
Neil -
There is a 2-minute "keep-alive" timeout already in afpd, per the AFP
specification. When a Mac crashes the afpd for that machine should go away on
it's own after a couple of minutes, accompanied by syslog messages about a
timeout. If that isn't happening you've got some problem with your build of
netatalk. I seem to vaguely recall a report of a problem along these lines in
the past, anybody else out there have a better memory?
Hope this helps!
Bob S.
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