Subject: Re: NetaTalk aliasing
From: justine (justine@tilda.com.au)
Date: Tue May 16 2000 - 18:27:57 EDT
Hi,
Does anyone know if fixed directory id's is on the board for inclusion in
any new release of netatalk? We use netatalk on all our linux servers - the
majority of them with Macintosh clients and aliasing is crucial to
operations.
Cheers
Justine
on 1/1/1904 4:39 PM, Dave Ritter at dave.ritter@newtimes.com wrote:
> ....
>>
>> Before trying to apply some of these suggestions and see whether they
>> fix our problem, I would like to clarify the following points:
>>
>> - What is the purpose of the +asun version? Is it supposed to do any
>> good to the way the TrashCan is handled by the system or is it just a
>> general recommendation. Are other known problems of the file server
>> (we are not using the print facilities) removed by this version?
>>
> ----
> the asun version of netatalk allows you to connect to your server with
> tcp/ip, this is much faster than standard appletalk, I also assume Adrian
> Sun has patched any "bugs" that existed in the older versions of netatalk
> ----
>
>> -How does the Keychain feature interfere with NetaTalk? I found it
>> convenient in general to enter only one password to access various
>> file servers that users want to have mounted all the time. It does
>> the job quite well for our native Apple file sharing systems. What is
>> the reason why Lee Belvins wanted to get rid of it.
>>
> ----
> the problem is not the Keychain, the problem is that the new appleshare
> client uses aliases to automount file server volumes. Aliases are for the
> most part not working in netatalk, they require fixed directory IDs,
> netatalk does not have this yet...
> ----
>
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