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Re: ProDOS, OS X and Netatalk

Hugh Hood wrote:

Steve,

Thanks for offer to help.

I'm curious about:


Check the configuration process to be sure it builds against the SSL
libraries. Those are essential for login from a IIGS (IIe workstation card can
do cleartext).



Assuming I use a patched version of the GS/OS Appleshare CDEV (corrects the
case sensitivity on the Cleartext Password - Thanks to Marsha Jackson, BTW),
do I still need to be concerned about using SSL libraries provided I'm using
OS X Tiger (10.4), which still allows cleartext passwords by default?

Or, should I still build against it for some other reason?
I didn't realize that Marsha's fix permitted cleartext to work from a IIGS. If that's the case, then you may not need libssl support. I've never been successful with any approach that relied on the platform authentication mechanism (PAM on Linux), BTW. Best to setup an afppasswd file. It's been a long time since I've gone through it, but I think you use a small utility and cut-and-paste the hashed password into /etc/netatalk/afppasswd (may be located somewhere else on Mac OSX).