Subject: Re: NFS Under OS X (was Re: pre-asun2.1.4-39)
From: Chris G. Sellers (sellers@Oakland.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 19 2000 - 21:11:59 EDT
Netatalk still is the solution if your main account system resided on
SystemV. (Solaris). There is still questions on using /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow across MacOS X
> >
> Then I guess we have to decide if it is worth it. Is it worth the
> time or trouble to work on a protocol that may not be used in a year or
> two? Of course, there are plenty of schools that will still be using OS
> 8x and OS 9x.
>
> Still no word from Adrian. I'm sure he's busy with things more
> important than the gripes of an overworked SysAdmin. But I'll let the
> group know his answer to the question of a new version when I
> know.
>
> Ryan
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Aaron Faby wrote:
>
> > Yes it is indeed. I believe that Apple will be slowly phasing out AFP
> > support in favor of NFS. AFP support will only be there initially for
> > backwards compatibility.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> >
> > JAReD <jbenedic@zoo.uvm.edu> wrote:
> > > > >The other big questions is if Netatalk is fast becoming
> > > > > irrelevant. So far, nobody has yet to give me a straight answer on
> > > > > if Mac OSX can connect to linux / Unix machines via NFS.
> > >
> > > I don't have DP4 but in one of the publicly available pdf's from
> > > Apple (sorry I don't have the link) it clearly stated that NFS WAS
> > > one of the supported file sharing protocols.
> > >
> > > _jared
> > >
> >
>
>
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Sellers , Chris G.
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Information & Instructional Technology
Oakland University - Rochester, Michigan 48309-4401
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