Subject: Re: Only Guest Login with 1.4.99
From: Steve Freitas (sflist@ihonk.com)
Date: Thu Oct 05 2000 - 21:14:06 EDT
>Also, how do i know which is the name of the server?
>I do have a domain name (iib005) and that is what appears in the Chooser
>for other Macintoshes, but how do i change this to any other (unrelated)
>name?
I'm assuming you're using the 1.4.99 prerelease. In
/etc/atalk/netatalk.conf, there's a line that looks like this:
ATALK_NAME=<insertyourservernamehere>
The name that you insert there is what will show in the client's Chooser.
>I'm troubled here since i get my IP number from a DHCP server. It is pretty
>stable, but can change if the netadmin wants to. Is it a good idea to add
>the IP number here or is there any workaround?
Now, I'm a little fuzzy on this, so maybe someone can correct me on this,
but I think this is how it goes:
1. If the client starts by double-clicking on the server name in the
Chooser, the client's Mac talks to the server via DDP and asks, "Hey, are
you on IP?
2. Server says "Yup."
3. Client asks, "What's your IP?"
4. Server looks in /etc/hosts, and if there's an entry matching what
appears in ATALK_NAME=<servername>, it uses that IP and sends it back.
Now here's my guess, somebody correct me if I'm wrong: If that name
(whatever you plugged into ATALK_NAME=) isn't in /etc/hosts, but is
defined on your DNS server, and your Linux box is configured to use that
DNS server, I think that will work.
So assuming I'm right, you'd need to have your DNS and DHCP configured so
they coordinate the name of your machine with the assignment of the IP.
Clear?
Steve (waiting for somebody to knock me off my ignorant bum)
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