Subject: Re: odd behavior w/ netatalk
From: Ryan McBeth (ryan@mobiusnm.com)
Date: Tue Sep 05 2000 - 13:47:43 EDT
I think that's exactly what happens.
Ryan
>Is it possible that HOSTS is only read during bootup?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ryan McBeth" <ryan@mobiusnm.com>
>To: <bill@mail.tasis.ch>; <netatalk-admins@umich.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:03 AM
>Subject: Re: odd behavior w/ netatalk
>
>
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > I think that this has happened to me before. I've usually just added
> > the name of the netatalk server to the System : Preferences : HOSTS
> > file.
> >
> > However, I do remember a time when I set up Netatalk on a Friday
> > afternoon, left for the weekend, and "Magically" everything worked on
> > Monday. I can't explain why, but I know that it happened. So, maybe
> > someone can answer both our questions.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > At 10:50 +0200 05/9/2000, bill@mail.tasis.ch wrote:
> > >I don't understand -- last night I configured netatalk on my RH6.2 with
> > >Netatalk-1.4b2+asun from contrib.redhat.com. It worked fine on an
> > >Old Mac LC630
> > >with 32 MB RAM and MacOS 7.5.3 without OpenTransport. But it wouldn't
>work on
> > >an older G3 running MacOS 8.1 with 64 MB RAM. When I clicked on
> > >the server it
> > >immeadately gave me the server won't connect error. I had seen this
> > >before, and
> > >remembered I had to fix /etc/hosts -- so I did this and I still got the
>same
> > >error (but it took about a minute). So I checked everything -- restarted
> > >appletalk, etc and tried again. The old machine worked and the newer
>machine
> > >didn't. So I went home to sleep on it.
> > >
> > >Today I came in and they were all working :) ?? Even a iMac with MacOS
>9.04
> > >which I hadn't tested the previos evening. Any clue what could have been
> > >happening? Is this likely to reoccur? I need dependability --
>especially for
> > >the G3's they are the computers in our main student lab.
> > >
> > >Is there a certain uptime needed for the appletalk network to settle in?
>Was
> > >this a fluke of nature?
> > >
> > >Any advice or reassurance that all is well would be appreciated.
> > >
> > >Thanks in Advance.
> > >
> > >Bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Ryan McBeth
> > Systems Administrator, Mobius New Media
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> >
__________________________________
Ryan McBeth
Systems Administrator, Mobius New Media
Voice: (302) 475-9880 x11
FAX: (302) 475-9894
www.mobiusnm.com
__________________________________
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of
this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
-Thomas Watson, founder of IBM
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