Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Strange problems with Netatalk (AppleTalk)...
From: Palle Girgensohn (girgen@partitur.se)
Date: Tue Feb 02 1999 - 17:09:41 EST
Well, the first problem is documented in the man page for atalkd(8):
...
BUGS
On some systems, atalkd can not be restarted.
...
Sorry... but you should hardly have any reason to restart atalkd.
Possibly papd or aftpd, and they can be restarted.
Unfortunatley, I have no help for your second question. It sounds like a
locking problem, as you say.
/Palle
Steve Frampton wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am having a couple of problems with Macintosh file & print sharing with
> AppleTalk/Netatalk. I am running the kernel 2.0.36 on an x86 with plenty
> of RAM (128 Mb), plenty of disk (about 3 Gb), using the
> netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.0-10a.i386.rpm
>
> The first problem occurs when I attempt to restart the Netatalk package.
> Netatalk always starts successfully the first time, when the server is
> booted. However, if I type '/etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk stop', followed by
> '/etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk start' (or just do a 'restart'), I get the
> following messages:
>
> Starting AppleTalk services: (backgrounded)
> [root@bowser frampton]# AppleTalk not up! Child exited with 1.
> [root@bowser frampton]# nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
> Can't register bowser.flarc.edu.on.ca:Workstation@*
> [root@bowser frampton]# nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
> Can't register bowser.flarc.edu.on.ca:netatalk@*
>
> AppleTalk not up? Huh??
>
> In order to get AppleTalk running again, I have to reboot the server.
>
> I don't know if this is relevant, but here is my /proc/appletalk:
>
> Type local_addr remote_addr tx_queue rx_queue st uid
>
> and my /proc/atalk_iface:
>
> Interface Address Networks Status
> eth0 005A:81 005A-005A 0
> lo 0000:00 0000-0000 0
>
> and my /proc/atalk_route:
>
> Target Router Flags Dev
> 005A:00 005A:81 1 eth0
> 0000:00 0000:00 5 lo
>
> I've got AppleTalk compiled into a custom kernel -- tried it first as
> a module, but in an attempt to resolve this problem I compiled support
> directly into the kernel -- no change. :-(
>
> The second problem I am seeing is when the "At Ease" software on the Mac
> reads the setup information from the server to a local Mac (this happens
> upon boot up). Sometimes this seems to work flawlessly, and other times
> the Mac seems to hang for indeterminant periods of time before it either
> succeeds or the angry site administrator reboots the Mac. This seems to
> happen when there is more than one user accessing the shares at a given
> time. (The site administrator is laughing at my multi-user Linux system
> for not allowing concurrent access!) Could this be caused by some sort of
> locking issue with the Users.dat/Users.idx file? Or a problem with the
> Netatalk package itself?
>
> I really need to get this working. The IT manager is looking into other
> solutions. Thankfully NT has more than proven itself in other locations
> as not being up to the task. :-) However, proprietary solutions such as
> Solaris and 'Taz' are being suggested. ;-(
>
> Anybody have any idea what the problems are? Any advice would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> P.S. I notice the most recent netatalk RPM's are 1.4b2+asun2.1.2-2.
> Anything new/changed in these that have addressed the problems I
> mentioned? Also, would upgrading my kernel to 2.2.1 likely improve
> Appletalk support?
>
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> Steve Frampton <3srf@qlink.queensu.ca> http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3srf
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