Re: Getting GS/OS and Mac OS X talking to each other

[Sean McNamara <sean@macassist.com.au>]

In article <R2mnb.35979$Rd4.34192@fed1read07>,
 salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter) wrote:

> I suspect I'm just missing some configuration on the Mac OS X side of
> things, but while fighting to get my GS talking to my Linux server again
> (recently migrated from LFS to Gentoo), I figured I'd use one of my Macs as
> a temporary go-between.  I have 10.2.8 on a beige G3 and 7.5.3 on a Quadra
> 610.
> 
> I tried having the GS log into the G3...it shows up in the AppleShare cdev,
> but it only wants to try to do a guest login.  When I accept that, it then
> responds with this error:
> 
> 	No response from the server.  Please try again.
> 
> I then tried the patched "LinuxShare" cdev I received in email a while back
> (this, BTW, logs into a bone-stock netatalk 1.6.3 without problems).  It
> offers to try to log in as a registered user...I give it the username and
> password I'm using to log in to Mac OS X.  It comes back with the same
> error.
> 
> My GS can access network shares on the Quadra with no problems...that's how
> I got the LinuxShare cdev to it.  Is there something different in Mac OS X
> such that a IIGS can't access files on it, or am I just doing something
> wrong?  (If push comes to shove, I can shuffle files through the Linux
> server...that's how data normally gets moved between my Apples and my Win32
> boxen.  The server has both netatalk and Samba installed.)

Scott, I think the problem is that the File Sharing in Mac OS X doesn't 
want to use AppleTalk, but wants to use TCP/IP - it will use AppleTalk 
to report itself to the network, but not for the actual connection. The 
program to enable AppleTalk file sharing is SharePoints - available at:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12512

It has an option under AFS Properties to enable AppleTalk. That should 
get it working (fingers crossed).

Good luck!

Sean

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