Re: ProDOS, OS X and Netatalk

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

On Jan 24, 8:36 am, DaveSchmenk <dschm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 3:21 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > A2Aviator wrote:
> > > Has anyone ever gotten this to actually work?
>
> > > Besides Steve Hirsch, who's helped me a ton with this thing, the
> > > ubuntu box is visible to a Mac Portable using 6.0.8, and a 9600 that
> > > has 7.6.1 with Open Transport, so that covers both AFP and TCP.
>
> > > The Mac Portable can also see the 9600 shares.
>
> > > The IIgs can only see the 9600 shares.
>
> > > Since the Mac Portable/System 6/chooser means that we're using AFP
> > > only - so AFP is broadcasting, and the Intel Mac is connected
> > > properly ..
>
> > > The IIgs sees itself, and the 9600, but not the Ubuntu box.
>
> > > Who's doing what?
>
> > > atalkd.conf has:
> > > eth1 -phase 2 -net 0-65534 -addr 1.168
> > > or
> > > eth1 -seed -phase 2 -net 0-65534 -addr 1.168
>
> > Yeah, this has been very frustrating!  I've run a netatalk server here for
> > over ten years to support my Apple 2s.  Stuck my neck out and told Tony I
> > could talk him through it, but am busy eating crow...
>
> > To level-set things, I installed the exact same package version on an extra
> > box here. It worked from the word go.  My IIgs bridges to ethernet through a
> > Gatorbox and nbplkup on the Linux machine (essentially network broadcast ping)
> > turns up everything.  Network services to the IIgs are rock solid.
>
> > Tony's setup has been uncooperative.  It's almost as if something was
> > swallowing the DDP packets and not allowing any traffic between netatalk and
> > the IIgs.  Tried all the usual suspects:  Substituted different ethernet
> > switch, checked for firewall rules, etc, etc.  We are not dealing with
> > authentication issues, AFAIK, since things never get far enough to attempt a
> > connection!
>
> > So, I'll second the request:  Is anyone else on the list successfully using
> > netatalk to share files to a IIgs or IIe?
>
> > Steve
>
> I just recently upgraded a new Linux server with Debian testing.  My
> old server was working fine with a much older version of Debian but
> even still it took some time to get it working.  I have a GatorBox
> router and don't boot the IIe or IIgs from the Linux box - I only
> share files.  The biggest issue for me was getting the uams_* list
> right.  Having my GatorBox already configured was a big help.
>
> Note:  my server is also my internet gateway and firewall so I
> explicitly enter my home net ethernet device and IP.
>
> My afpd.conf looks like:
>
> "Blade" -transall -ipaddr 192.168.123.1 -uamlist
> uams_clrtxt.so,uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so  -nosavepassword -
> passwdfile ~/.passwd
>
> This way I keep the password in my local server directory and is much
> easier to manage.  Note the .passwd *must* have only user
> permissions.  I had to download the Debian package in order to build
> the missing uams_randnum.so from source.  I didn't replace the whole
> netatalk package, I just added the missing uams_* to /usr/lib/
> netatalk.  It looks like Debian testing is built using PAM, so
> uams_clrtxt.so softlinks to uams_pam.so.  I don't even remember why I
> needed the uam_randnum, but I think it was for the IIgs.
>
> My atalkd.conf files looks like:
>
> eth1 -phase 2 -net 2 -addr 2.99 -zone "HomeEther"
>
> My AppleVolumes.default looks like:
>
> ~/                      "NetHome"     options:prodos
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Dave...

It may be the bridges performing the Phase 1 to Phase 2 translation.
The Sonic Systems bridge that I tried may not be doing that.   I'll
test with a Gatorbox or the other routers I have.