Re: [Sheflug] Netatalk

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 02:34:42PM +0100, Steve Tickle wrote:
> I want to allow a Mac user to share files on my Mandrake 7 box (kernel 
> 2.2.14-15mdk). I'e downloaded netatalk but when I looked at the 

	Copy them onto a floppy and make him walk over! X-)

> README.LINUX file it tells me that support for Appletalk is already built 
> into my kernel. If so, why do I need netatalk and how do I share files with 
> the Mac?

	It's a bit like samba, and note that I do not present myself as
a knowledgeable person in appletalk stuff, but support for aplletalk is
built into the kernel, netatalk is used to serve files. So you compile
your kernel with Appletalk support and then configure netatalk to
(presumably) listen on a port for requests. I suppose you'll also have
to do some authentication stuff.

	Sorry I can't be of more help,
	José
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José L Gómez Dans			PhD student
					Radar & Communications Group
					Department of Electronic Engineering
					University of Sheffield UK
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