Apple Macs and Samba

[Mike Brodbelt]

Chris Andrew wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Could you tell me if it is possible to utilise Samba as a fileserver for a
> network of Apple Macs?

Out of the box, no. However, you can get and SMB client for the Mac
called Dave available at http://www.thursby.com/products/dave.htm.
There's a write up and some more information at
http://www.macwindows.com/DAVE.html.

Your other option is to use the Netatalk package to make your Un*x box
Mac aware, and then you can share the same file tree to your Mac users
and PC users, via both Netatalk and Samba. Samba even has a compile time
option (--enable-netatalk) that make it Netatalk aware, so it correctly
handles resource forks on Mac files.

HTH

Mike.