Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Yet more ...
From: Magnus Stenman (stone@hkust.se)
Date: Thu Jan 21 1999 - 04:17:16 EST
J. Guy Stalnaker wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Well, I'm disappointed that all of my friendly respondants to the first
> email (to linux-atalk) have not jumped into the fray after the second,
> but I certainly understand ;-). I've now joined the netatalk-admins
> list, and I hope that the additional circle of people have a solution.
>
> Here's the lowdown:
>
> 1. Linux 2.0.35, compiled by me WITHOUT module support. Appletalk 0.17
> for Linux NET3.035 compiled in as is SLIP and PPP--i.e., appletalk is
> not a module.
Did you include ipx? IIRC it is needed by appletalk.
> 2. Local Network, dhcpd running to get IP/Gateway/Netmask (ifconfig
> shows expected values; on this same network is a Win98 pc and a MacOS
> 8.5 8100, both of which can access the network without problem [when
> it's up, of course]).
> 3. I attempted first to install the 1.4beta w/asun. No go (could not
The latest asun (actually almost all asun versions) compiles and runs
just file on RedHat 4.1-5.2, kernel 2.0.30-36
You might try to disable tcp_wrappers and 2-way randnum logins and see
if
thatīs the problem, since they recuire some header files to be present
(not recommended to run without these in a "hostile" environment though)
> compile, failed at link time looking for some files, and so I turnedd to
> a compiled binary from the netatalk HOWTO web site). After some problems
> with unresolved dependencies at boot time and DNS resolution (both
> solved), I put various conf files in /etc, etc., and tried to start
> atalkd. Got the following error:
>
> Appletalk not up! Child exited with 1.
>
> 4. So, I deleted all vestiges of 1.4 and downloaded, patched, and
> successfully compiled 1.3.3 (from the Umich source archives).
> 5. DESTDIR set to /usr/atalk.
> 6. Put copies of atalkd.conf, papd.conf, AppleVolumes.default, and
> AppleVolumes.system in /usr/atalk/etc
> 7. Put sym links of these four files in /etc
> 8. Run atalkd and get the same error.
> 9. I edited atalkd.conf and added this line, taking values from my
> MacOS 8.5 Appletalk control panel (which shows Node: 132, Network:
> 47033, Range: 47033-47038, Default Zone: DoIT Staff):
>
> eth0 -phase -net 47033-47038 -zone "DoIT Staff"
>
> 10. Same Appletalk not up! error.
> 11. What options do I have for testing the network for the presence of
> external network servers and devices? E.g, I can ping BOTH the pc and
> the Mac in my office cube successfully from the Linux box, so the net
> path to them is intact. I use Lynx and ncftp to connect to servers both
> within the organization (the University of Wisconsin) and external to it
> (the netatalk site at the University of Michigan). I can also
> successfully ping the Linux box (IP currently 128.104.16.29) from the
> Win98 pc AND the Mac.
> 12. The Mac shows some 260 items in the AppleTalk Zones window, so I
> know that appletalk is successful on this network, even with dhcp.
>
> All suggestions and comments are very welcome.
>
> Guy
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> J. Guy Stalnaker
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