Linux, Samba, and Macintosh's

[eirvine]

Hi,

I ran a school with Samba (for pc's) and Netatalk (for macs) 
for several years. Netatalk worked damn fine. One problem with
interoperability was file name extensions (Macs don't use em)
but it all worked never the less.

And was much more stable than the Appleshare IP server!

There is a bit of (kinda old) stuff at: 

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/eirvine/freebsd/hermione.html

Eddie.

DavidAtkinson at solectron.com wrote:
> 
> There is no common locking system that I'm aware of, but mostly this isn't
> an issue. The biggest problem I find is keeping the passwords in sync if you
> use encrypted passwords for Samba or Netatalk. I believe that there is,
> however, some work being done on file locking issues by the Netatalk team
> which is noted in their FAQ'o'matic and mailing lists. You can also get
> around this by setting up the mac and pc users with separate shares and only
> put what has to be common in common shares. It should (in most cases be
> documents that are being worked on). If you advise your users to be careful
> and keep regular backups you should be fine.
> 
> Regards,
> David Atkinson
> 
> System Administrator
> Solectron Australia
> Phone: +61 3 5720-2556
> Mobile: +61 4 1957-4112
> Fax: +61 3 5720-2412 or +61 2 8304-1206
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Morris [mailto:Jim at Morris.net]
> Sent: Friday, 26 October 2001 12:34 PM
> To: Gary MacKay
> Cc: samba-ntdom at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: Linux, Samba, and Macintosh's
> 
> Gary MacKay wrote:
> 
> > OK, I was just about to bring a new samba server online to replace an
> > ageing Novell server, when a student walks up and says, Kool, but will I
> > still be able to connect with my Macintosh? "D*^n, I forgot about them"
> > I says. Before I get rode out of town, does anyone know how to connect
> > them to samba? I've seen in the kernel where I can compile in the
> > AppleTalk protocol, but I've never used it, and have no idea if it will
> > play nicely with samba.
> 
> Have you considered using Netatalk to provide file and print services to
> the Macintosh users?  I think it will coexist peacefully with Samba. Not
> sure how file locking is handled if a Samba user and a Netatalk user try
> to use the same exact file...
> 
> Check it out at http://netatalk.sourceforge.net.
> 
> Jim Morris (Jim at Morris.net)