Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Q - afp mount via www?
From: Ray Zimmerman (rz10@cornell.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 23 1998 - 10:25:43 EDT
>>Mac laptops not only have a browser, but the AFP client too. So, is
>>there a way I can make a Mac mount an afp volume via a web page visit?
>
>It may or may not be useful to you to learn that OS 8.5's new Network
>Browser application supports AppleShare IP URLS of the format:
>
>afp://username:password@ashareipserver.domain.com
>
>Unfortunately, I can't find a way to support it in Netscape, but I can open
>URLs of this type from Eudora, and the Internet control panel in 8.5 comes
>pre-configured with Network Browser as a Helper App for URLs of type afp,
>for anything that will query Internet Config for this sort of thing.
>
>FWIW.
I've seen utilities for making Netscape send mailto: URLs to Eudora ...
these utilities I believe just modify a STR# resource in the Netscape
preferences file (the latest Netscape already includes one from AOL Instant
Messenger). You could maybe write a similar utility (or modify one) to send
afp URLs to Network Browser.
Ray
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