Subject: Re: maintaining type/creator
From: Harry Zink/Netatalk List (netatalk@fizbin.com)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 21:35:21 EDT
on 9/4/00 3:25 PM, Brice Ruth at brice@webprojkt.com wrote:
> To my knowledge, I'm running the latest netatalk
> (1.4b2+asun?).
'the latest' is not a version number, as there are several options, both
semi-release, and testing available. In order to get an idea, you'd need to
provide a version number.
> I have a AppleVolumes file in the user's home directory, but from what I can
> see, if it doesn't have an extension, netatalk just sends it back as UNIX/TEXT
> (i.e. not what it was to begin with).
As far as I know, the AppleVolumes.system (exact syntax) file needs to be in
a central directory, and have the proper permissions set (it needs to be
able to be read by netatalk).
You are probably refering to .AppleVolumes directories, or should look for
the central AppleVolumes.system file.
> Since control panels, extensions,
> fonts, etc. don't have a '.' extension, from what little I'm able to
> determine, the AppleVolumes file can't help me ...
As previously stated, Mac files do not need extensions to show up - they
will be properly recognized. Contrary to another statement, though, you *DO*
need the AppleVolumes.system file to be present - it is not just a
'convenience', as removing it from a functional system reduces all filetypes
to blank generics.
Harry
-- CAN'T SEE MAC IN CHOOSER UNDER RedHat 6.2: If you get errors starting AppleTalk under RedHat 6.2 and Mandrake 7.1, you need to manually add "alias net-pf-5 appletalk" to your /etc/conf.modules file.
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