Subject: netatalk or Mac bug? PBGetCatInfo problems.
From: Chris Kelly (samizdat@tolstoy.com)
Date: Sun Jul 23 2000 - 14:18:51 EDT
I have an AppleShare volume connected using ASIP to a Linux box using
netatalk.[1]
When I call PBGetCatInfo on a file on that volume, bit 4 of ioFlAttrib is
set, which normally indicates something is a folder. But, it's just a file.
The Finder doesn't get confused, it shows the files as files and has their
correct information.
Someone who should know tells me "Sounds like a bug on the server side
instead of the client side. The AppleShare client set the folder attribute
bit it returns to PBGetCatInfo requests if the server says the object is a
folder."
So, is this a known netatalk bug, and what's the Mac-side workaround? In
addition to having the ioFlAttrib problem, I also have a problem with my
alias resolution code. Both work just fine with local files.
If you want to see this problem, download JConfig:
http://www.tolstoy.com/samizdat/jconfig.html
After downloading, follow the installation instructions in macinfo.html,
then open the ImageMeister application, which is a form of file browser.
Click 'show all files', and navigate to a folder with files. It comes with
the complete source, if you want to trace through the code.
[1] The remote volume is on a PC with RH 6.1. netatalk was installed from
netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3-8.i386.rpm, and I'm connecting as the non-root
user 'jconfig' with home directory /home/jconfig. I convert the path
":jconfig:samizdat:changes.html" to an FSSpec using MoreFile's
FSpFullPathToSpec routine, then I pass that info to PBGetCatInfo. It comes
back as a directory.
I'm using MacOS 8.5.1, and IIRC I installed over 7.6.1. I've installed the
AppleShare_Client_3.8.6.smi.bin.
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