Subject: Re: netatalk questions
To: Armen Babikyan <synapse@lethargy.mit.edu>
From: Svante Sormark - GDC <gucsv@gd.chalmers.se>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/26/1997 20:42:00
uOn Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Armen Babikyan wrote:
>netatalk is appletalk for unix as far as i can see.
>is netatalk as complete as appletalk?
It only works as an appletalk _server_.
>can appleshare servers be mounted on unix boxes?
No. As far as i know there is no way to do this.
>can the unix box's hard drive be mounted by macs via
>appleshare?
Yes.
>what about printers on appletalk?
Yes.
>can netatalk be tunneled over ip? (this would be cool, btw :)
There are patches (maybe only for linux tho) to do appletalk-ip.
>The only thing i can remember about netatalk is that it does not work over
>serial ports yet.
>is there a netbsd-specific netatalk page on the net somewhere? all i can
>seem to find are linux ones.
>thanks,
> - a
>
MVH /
Svante Sörmark
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