Subject: Re: Newbie Install Help
From: Chad Cunningham (ccunning@math.ohio-state.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 03 2001 - 15:19:25 EDT
> >0) Honestly is netatalk reliable for file serving Mac files for a business?
> >1.4b2+asun2.1.3-7.i386.rpm?
> >1.5pre5?
> >netatalk webmin module 0.9?
Probably? In my experience 1.4b2+asun is very solid. I've had some
problems with the 1.5pre series, the clients tend to get "Server
unexpectedly quit" messages. Of course, we have some "experimental"
setups... The advantage of the 1.5 series is that they do encrypted
password transport, which you probably want depending on your network.
> >1) What file system do I use on the netatalk server? ext2 or what?
The file system, in terms of performance, should be the last thing your
worry about. I'd say whatever you have is fine. We run ours off of UFS,
EXT2, and ReiserFs and I can't say it really makes much difference.
> >2) How do I get netatalk started?
> >using VA linux 6.2.3 (redhat 6.2 derivative)
> >dmesg has no "AppleTalk" so I insmod appletalk.o
> >/etc/services has all the correct stuff
Depending on what RPM you installed, you should have an
/etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk. To start it, run
/etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk start
To start at bootup, run
chkconfig --level 345 atalk on
You may also need an entry in /etc/modules.conf to load the appletalk
module, but I *think* the rpm should set that up, depends on where you got
the rpm though...
> >no luck, now what?
What do you mean by no luck?
--Chad Cunningham ccunning@math.ohio-state.edu
"Well, once again my friend, we find that science is a two-headed beast. One head is nice, it gives us aspirin and other modern conveniences,...but the other head of science is bad! Oh beware the other head of science, Arthur, it bites!"
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