[TriLUG] apple file sharing protocol

[Mike M]

On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 03:37:48PM -0400, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> Ralph Blach said the following on 4/9/04 3:12 PM:
> >My son has Apples computers at his school and they are using OSX. Here 
> >are my questions.
> >
> >What file sharing protocal does Apple use.
> >Can linux be a file server to a group of apple machines.  If , how?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> 
> If they're using OS X, then it's quite easy.  OS X supports not only
> AppleTalk, but also Samba and NFS.  Probably the easiest thing would be to
> just setup samba on a linux box and have the OS X machines connect
> that way.  <Apple>-k from the Finder brings up the network connect
> dialog.  Specify "smb://hostname/path", username and password and you're
> set.

Samba and not NFS?

I thought NFS was easier to set up on a Linux box than Samba.  I run 
into problems with files ownership and permissions using Samba too,
but I think I need to tweak my Samba config or play with my /etc/groups
to remedy that problem. 

1If OSX uses the same *nix file ownership rules and permissions as
Linux, then why not use NFS?
-- 
Mike

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