> ok, why AppleDB, > just a short overview: > > as you know Apple File Sharing can reference by file NUMBER or filename. > XPress, as oldskool problem links all files into xpress documents by > id number. > so if you don't have AppleDB, you might have xpress confused after > cleaning up.
Ok, but haven't had any problems on old appletalk linux boxes without AppleDB, but you're probably right. > I do have a configure solution that could make it into a contributed > netatalk2.0 rpm. That would save me a lot of trouble :) > netatalk lets you choose between three different solutions to the > file id problem. > having a cnid database accessed by every afpd, having a centralized > cnid daemon, or calculating file ids on the fly from device inodes, > which is baad, if you are planning on changing partition layouts on > your server. > The last might be broken by now, b/c it doesn't seem to be maintained > anymore. > I recommend having an extra daemon accessing the database, > and if you are interested I try to make my first steps into a rpm. Very, very interested. > m > ps: i do know a lot of people running linux servers for os9 clients > for exactly that purpose: quark's xpress which is technologically > dumb (don't sue me, it is broken by design when it comes to networked > collaboration), and the new version is even more expensive, and also > d.um.b. Xpress is a pain in the *ss, but is pretty nuch the standard application around here. :( > pps: and samba isn't an option when it comes to l.users on macintoshs > (writing this on a powerbook), .DS_Store and other things makes > folder management a mess, > having .AppleDouble isn't either, but at least you could put .AppleDB > on seperate harddisks, AND having clients able to clean up their own > mess is great on the server. and yes, there are clients having > slashes in their filenames. Agree. Samba is NO option for Mac users. >>> >>>> On serveral servers I have netatalk running for the Macintosh clients. >>>> There is a problem that occurs from time to time, when the users >>>> suddenly have an empty network share, no files or dirs in it. On busy >>>> servers it occurs every week, on other servers approx. every month. >>>> >>> >>> Stop using appletalk :-). You should have only Macs with OS X by now and >>> they work perfectly with samba. >>> >> >> I don't agree, >> >> All my customers have several Mac's with classic OS (mostly 9), >> because of the >> Quark Xpress software there running, so it's always a mixed >> enviroment. Only >> Appletalk can do this. >> >> In the case everyone runs OSX, you still have the problem of the old shares >> resource information. With samba, you lose the resource files of those >> "old" appletalk shares. >> >> Even Macintosh own OSX servers are still running appletalk for this >> reason, so >> it's a must for now. -- Ari�n Huisken Xilay Software _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
