Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Solaris question...
From: Robert G Palmer Jr (palmerr@ipix.com)
Date: Fri Mar 26 1999 - 13:22:18 EST
If there is an archive of this list somewhere and my question
is answered there, please point me to the correct location.
Otherwise, I would appreciate some information.
I have a Solaris workstation that has our software development
tools for doing embedded development. I would like to do all
my editing from my Mac in my office - the SUN is down the hall
in the lab. Right now, I keep a local copy which I then FTP
to the SUN - this raises the possibility of accidentally getting
the local copy and the Sun's copy out of synch.
A perfect solution would be to be able to mount the Sun's folder
on my Mac desktop - in steps CAP or Netatalk.
The problem with CAP is that the installation looks much more
ominous than Netatalk - I'm Unix saavy, but I'm no guru.
I read throught the Netatalk installation and it starts talking
about AFS and Kerberos. Do I HAVE to have these installed and
running. If I have AFS, why do I need Netatalk - doesn't it
provide the ability to mount a folder on the Mac desktop (please
forgive my ignorance - I've NEVER used AFS, only read a FEW things
about it). What about kerberos - is that required? Access
to the Sun is rather limited, so strong authentication is not
an issue in my case.
It just seems odd that there is an open source tool for providing
AppleTalk capability, but it requires a commercial(?) application
to function.
Do you know if CAP has similar issues?
I'm trying to figure out if I should pursue getting and installing
AFS, so I can then install Netatalk (if that's what's needed), or
if I should try CAP, or if I should just continue with the current
FTP approach.
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