Re: [MLUG] Mac and Linux file sharing.

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Suman Kanuganti wrote:
> HFS: It seems we can mount only local harddrives, floppies with this, Is that 
> so? I want to mount the Mac Volume on network and when  i ran "nbplkup" i 
> came to notice that even my Mac is running an AFP server, so now can i use my 
> linux box as apple client which is running netatalk. 
> or is that i can mount network mac volumes also with hfs? If so let me the 
> syntax, i used the same mount command as mount -t hfs -o 'fork=netatalk' 
> ipofmac:/ /MacVol . But that doesnt work? so hfs is a freind of network mac?
> 

I don't think HFS module would work for remote filesystems. A quick 
Google search tells of a tool called afpfs:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/marcelo/linux-2.4/fs/hfs/FAQ.txt
http://www.faqchest.com/linux/ATALK/linux-98/linux-9812/linux-981200/linux98120714_21973.html
http://www.faqchest.com/linux/ATALK/linux-98/linux-9812/linux-981200/linux98120714_23743.html

It seems that afpfs can be downloaded from

http://www.anders.com/projects/netatalk/mirror/

Cheers,
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MK

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