Subject: Re: netatalk or Mac bug? PBGetCatInfo problems.
From: Stephen Welker (stephen.welker@nemostar.com.au)
Date: Mon Jul 24 2000 - 05:56:10 EDT
--On Sunday, 23 July 2000 11:18 AM -0700 Chris Kelly <samizdat@tolstoy.com>
wrote:
> 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.
Chris,
For a start you are using a VERY old version of Netatalk.
>From the README.ASUN file for netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.4-39_test
...
the patches currently include the following features:
AFP/TCP
...
all of AFP 2.2. All of AFP 2.1 except for FPCatSearch is
is implemented if fixed id support is compiled in
...
--- end quote ---
Is MoreFile's FSpFullPathToSpec routine affected by the above restrictions?
The version you are using may not have a full implementation of the AFP
specification, read the docs - I usually compile source rather that use
RPMs so that I have all of the docs that come with the releases.
Try an upgrade of your Netatalk server and let the list know of your
results.
-- Stephen Welker
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