Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Solaris question...
From: Andrew Snell (snell@store.unc.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 26 1999 - 13:32:42 EST
We run netatalk+asun on our Solaris 2.6 boxes here; we don't have either
AFS or kerberos. Neither is required to get the package working.
We do however build in support for TCPwrappers, as well as
encrypted passwords via libdes. The setup is relatively straightforward,
and people on this listserv have been most helpful to me in ironing out
problems.
BTW, we used to use CAP, but installation is tedious, and
performance seems, empirically at least, to be far inferior to netatalk
(especially over TCP/IP). If you only want to share files (ie not setting
up a print server), I'd highly recommend netatalk.
- Andrew
At 1:22 PM -0500 3/26/99, Robert G Palmer Jr wrote:
>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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