I finally found the key to this problem after trying the freeware osX
program SharePoints, which allows you to manage the file sharing
properties in osX with a GUI instead of through unix config files or
the cryptic osX NetInfo Manager. The problem was on the osX side all
along.
What it boils down to is that the AppleFileServer subsystem in osX must
be configured to use AppleTalk. The SharePoints program makes this
easy. Just click on the box that says 'Use AppleTalk'. It can also be
enabled through the NetInfo Manager, but that utility is pretty
cryptic. Go to / , then config, then AppleFileServer. Scroll down
through the list of properties until you find use_appletalk. Using the
New Value and Delete Value items in the Directory menu, change the 0
value to a 1. It's a lot easier (and probably safer) to just use
SharePoints to do this. Somewhere on the disk is the actual unix
configuration file the that is being edited, but I haven't found it yet.
Note that this is in addition to enabling "Make AppleTalk Active" via
the Network system preferences pane. "Making AppleTalk Active" here
without setting "use_appletalk" as described above allows the osX
machine to connect to the classic system, but not vice versa.
Setting "use_appletalk" without "Making AppleTalk Active" seemed to
crash the AppleFileServer subsystem. SharePoints made it easy to
restart that.
Bottom line? Get SharePoints. While you can get by without it, it
makes it much easier to set up sharing under osX, especially with older
systems. SharePoints can be downloaded from <www.hornware.com>.
For the record, the network software on the Mac IIsi was that installed
by a basic clean install of system 7.1 -->
Extensions: Appleshare 7.1
Ether Talk Phase 2 2.3.1
Ether Talk Prep 1.0.2
File Sharing Extension 7.1
Network Extension 7.1
Control Panels: File Sharing Monitor 7.1
Network 2.3.3
Sharing Setup 7.1
Users & Groups 7.1
Thanks to all who participated in this quest. Hope this is helpful to
others.
Bob
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