Subject: Re: cross-platform mapping Netatalk/SAMBA
From: Bob James (bjames@orielinc.com)
Date: Fri Jan 21 2000 - 22:54:28 EST
On 1/21/00, 1:52:13 PM, Rob Tanner <rtanner@linfield.edu> wrote
regarding cross-platform mapping Netatalk/SAMBA:
> Is there a config option or a patch
> that will cause netatalk to add the appropriate
> extension on any file saved on a netatalk volume
> so that it is properly mapped for PCs?
To my knowledge, no, but if you find one, I'm interested. Currently,
I'm simply telling my users they HAVE to save using a recognized
extension.
However, there are other compatibility issues that you might or might
not have run across. Macs can save files with names that include
special characters like "/". Three guesses what happens to a directory
so named when viewed from a PC. Yep, it's inaccessible.
AFAIK, this is a training issue. Users must be trained NOT to save
files with a Mac using a name that is unreadable from a PC, if you're
sharing across the Linux box.
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