Subject: Re: Linux as fileserver
From: Howard Shere (hshere@greendragon.com)
Date: Wed Aug 16 2000 - 18:31:07 MDT
> I use a Linux file server in mixed environment, with both Appletalk
> and Samba. Actually, your question is also valid in the other
> direction: what about the files you save from a Mac (without dotted
> extension) and you try to read from a pc? In any case, the files
> saved in one environment wouldn't be recognized by the others without
> a minimal amount of rules...
>
> Apart of this, the Appletalk server (aka netatalk) works pretty fine,
> and does respect the resource fork of MacOs files. I can put on the
> server things like PhotoShop files, installers, applications without
> problem.
>
> More than this, netatalk also passes file/creator information, based
> on the extensions when the file doesn't come from a MacOs station.
Does netatalk work without working over IP for you?
I have it working over IP, but I can't get the linux machine to show up in
the choosers of macs (in other works, native appletalk and nbp).
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