On 11/18/01 11:55 PM, "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@mac.com> wrote:

>> I know that this isn't the Netatalk list, but I'm hoping someone can help
>> me out a little bit none the less. I've recently shared 2 Gb's worth of
>> mp3 files from my NetBSD machine via Netatalk. The unfortunate part is,
>> out of 566 files, my Mac's (1 OS 8.6 machine and 1 OS 10.1.1 machine) can
>> only see 16 files. After much deliberation, I've finally figured out that
>> it is a long filename problem. The only files I can see on my Mac's are
>> the ones that have less then 32 characters in their filenames. The other
>> ones just never appear. If I rename a file to have less then 32
>> characters in its filename, it then appears.
>> 
>> I'm hoping someone can tell me how I can tell Netatalk to just truncate
>> the name or something like that. I just want to see the files. Its
>> especially annoying on OS 10.1, which does 256 character names! It still
>> can't see them. So I'm assuming that Netatalk is just not allowing them
>> to be seen.
> 
> I believe that it is an AFP 2 issue. While OSX can use longer
> filenames, AFP pre-OSX cannot (and netatalk is pre-OSX). So I think
> that you can't do an AFP connection, other than OSX-to-OSX and get
> longer filenames. You also cannot transfer any files that are larger
> than 2GB. These are both very new additions to the AFP protocol, and
> are only supported in OSX (the 2GB filesize limit was removed from
> HFS+ and OS9 can use larger files, but AFP cannot).
> 
> One way around it for the OSX machine would be to connect via NFS to
> the NetBSD box instead of connecting via AFP. I have only used
> NetAtalk for material that originated on a Mac (pre-OSX) so I haven't
> run into the naming issue. So I don't know if there's a "force
> compatible names" type switch for it.
> 
> Sorry,
> Mike


Yes, use SAMBA, it's easier to set up anyway.

./km