Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] atalk for Digital Unix 4.0
From: Jeremy J. Reichman (jjracc@osfmail.isc.rit.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 23 1999 - 15:37:48 EST
Having run through this same process but not reached any conclusion,
yet, I'll offer my thoughts:
- There's not a whole lot available. There are packages for almost any
other flavor of UNIX, but few for OSF1/Digital UNIX/Compaq Tru64 UNIX
(whatever you want to call it these days).
- HELIOS' EtherShare seems to be the frontrunner, IMHO. It's commercial
and the main drawback (from my tech support department's point of view)
is its requirement of a kernel module. This requirement may only be
necessary for AppleTalk, not AFP over TCP/IP, based on speculation
related to other products.
- There is no Digital UNIX port of netatalk, and I haven't looked into
CAP much (again because of my tech support department).
- Even EtherShare may have problems integrating with samba; the
recommendation seems to be to use EtherShare for both Mac and Windows
file sharing (there's a companion Windows server product).
- I haven't seen much info about netatalk integrating with samba.
- There is a samba port for Digital UNIX, as I understand. (Thus, our
tech support is pushing us to use DAVE for our Macs. Not a trivial
installation, maintenance, or training task.)
- I've "suggested" (much more strongly than that) that Apple include SMB
networking with future system releases since testing Mac OS 7.6. Of
course, in the upcoming Mac OS X era, this may be a moot point -- Mac OS
X will probably support a port samba for the client access side.
- EtherShare is aimed at the prepress crowd, although some universities
apparently run it. There's no specific support for some popular things
in higher ed, like DCE authentication.
- My university would love to have a netatalk port for Digital UNIX.
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