Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Macs can't see FreeBSD 3.1/asun 2.1.3
From: Douglas E. Wegscheid (wegscd@whirlpool.com)
Date: Thu May 06 1999 - 13:00:34 EDT
At 09:42 AM 5/6/1999 -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote:
>On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 08:47:03AM -0400, Douglas E. Wegscheid wrote:
>
>> I just upgraded to FreeBSD 3.1 from 2.2.5, and installed the
>> netatalk1.4b2-asun2.1.0 package. It installed fine, seems to come up,
>> but neither of my Macs can see the FreeBSD box in the chooser, and
>> running nbptool on the Mac also does not show the FreeBSD box. When I
>> go to the FreeBSD box and do a nbplkup, I can see the names of all my
>> Mac, and the FreeBSD box.
>>
>> This is an isolated LAN, MacOS 7.5.3 and 7.5.5, classic Appletalk (not
>> IP or OpenTransport).
>>
>> I have identical problems with a precompiled asun 2.1.3 (with
>> wrapper), a 2.1.3 I compiled myself (no tcp wrapper), and a 2.1.4
>> pre11 I compiled myself (no tcp wrapper).
>>
>> I took the asun 2.1.3 source kit over to my Mac iici running NetBSD
>> 1.3.2, built it without tcp wrapper again, and my Macs can see it!
>> nbpklup doesn't run there, but the chooser and nbptool show the IIci
>> (running BSD), so I am confident that I have a good source kit and
>> that I am configuring things correctly.
>>
>> I have seen references to needed patches for FreeBSD 3, but it appears
>> that they are in asun 2.1.3.
>>
>> Does anyone have any leads on solving this problem? I'm sure I'm
>> not the first one to see it, but I've come up dry on dejanews,
>> freebsd.org, and altavista (well, _too_ many hits there...)
>> -
>> Douglas E. Wegscheid
>Did you try installing the netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3 port from the
>FreeBSD ports collection? I would guess that there is also a package
>of this. Make sure your ports tree is up to date and check it
>out. There are 16 patches in the FreeBSD ports 'patches' directory for
>netatalk-asun, some of them to source code files.
>
>If you try building netatalk on FreeBSD without at least looking at
>these patches I could understand why it might not work. Of course I
>would recommend just installing the port. If you have already done this
>then, well I don't know. I do know that netatalk-asun installed from the
>port worked fine for me on both FreeBSD 3.0 and FreeBSD 3.1.
there is a package for it, that was the 2nd one I tried (downloaded asun
2.1.3 from freebsd.org and pkg_added it). Perhaps I need to change
something on my clients (but that wouldn't explain why it's OK on
NetBSD...)...
I'm taking a sniffer home tonight...
-
Douglas E. Wegscheid
working for, but not expressing the position of, Whirlpool Corporation
wegscd@whirlpool.com
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