Re: FW: Netatalk issues


Subject: Re: FW: Netatalk issues
From: Mac Conin (mconin@euc.de)
Date: Mon Apr 09 2001 - 15:03:56 EDT


Hmmm

Bryan Tholen wrote:
>
> Dont know if anyone read this the first time I sent it. Basically I need to
> figure out a way to migrate from DAVE resouce.frk to netatalk .AppleDouble

I don't know much about DAVE, but deleting the .AppleDouble files will cause
in a rebuilding when users logging in next time.

> extension to Quark makes it behave "better" but I still get the occasional
> "File is Locked" error and have to reboot. what is the compile time flag to
> use the old FLOCK scheme? This seems to have better results.

./configure --with-flock-locks

should work.

Anyone having
> any problems using this besides the obvious locking issues between
> samba/netatalk? Also, has anyone run into the problem copying folder from
> the server to a client and back again I descibed below? It seems that the
> .AppleDouble folder should be replace or rebuild when copying the folder
> back to the server to avoid such problems.

no not yet

>
> Bryan
>
>
> when copying a folder from the server to a Mac client the hidden folder
> .AppleDouble is copied along with it. If you change/delete or add a file to
> the folder and copy it back to the server so of the files disappear or are
> mangled because of the stale .AppleDouble folder that is copied. Maybe there
> is an option on the client to aviod hidden files? If not is there anyway to
> turn off transfer of the .AppleDouble folder down to the client?
>
> Is there any option for netatalk to truncate filenames longer than the Mac
> limit (31 i believe) so they may be viewed on a Mac client from the server?
>
> BTW, I have upgraded all my clients with the Quark Express 4.11fixit
> extension and they seem to be working with out any of the "File is locked"
> errors we had seen before. Can anyone else confirm that this extension fixes
> the problem? I am still not convinced and have even contemplated moving back
> to FLOCKS if the problem pops up again.
>
> Thanks for your time.

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