On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 22:30, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 06:07:47PM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 17:04, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I have a small home LAN, two Linux i386 boxes, an iMac running OS 9.2, > > > and a > > > Mac 8500 running OS 8.6. One of the Linux boxes operates a diald/ppp > > > connection to the outside, and netatalk for file sharing. > > > > > > I decided for no good reason to upgrade the ppp connection box from > > > Potato to > > > Woody. Now I cannot log onto file sharing from either Mac. ppp/diald > > > still > > > works OK, so the problem is not in the TCP/IP connection. The two Macs > > > show > > > slightly different symptoms. On the iMac I can log-on and get a directory > > > display of what is on the server, but the moment I do anything, the TCP/IP > > > connection is closed. On the Mac 8500, it behaves as if I gave it an > > > incorrect password. I notice that the phrase "Two way encrypted passwords" > > > is displayed in the login box on the Mac 8500. I don't recall that being > > > there before the upgrade, but have no way to check this. > > > > > > I need suggestions as to how to debug this, please. > > > > What you need to do is read the man pages for the new password tool > > (afppasswd) for netatalk. Similar to samba you are going to add users > > to the password file (-a) and then set up an excrypted password for them > > to log in. > > > > --mike > > > Thanks. I had no idea that this new tool existed. But the man page assumes > more knowledge than I have. I don't have any experience with Samba, for > instance. So I have some questions that I hope you will answer: > > I suppose I must: > 1. Create a password file, at first empty. ( using -c option )
Yes. This is going to be afppasswd -c as root. This I beleive will scan the passwd file and add users to it with no password/file mounts initially. > 2. Put an entry into this file for each user to whom I grant access > (again using -c option) Actually you should use the afppasswd -a your-user-names This will allow you to set your passwords for your users. > Can these be combined into one step? Once the -c is done you can just add users as neccessary. > Where does the path info that I give get stored? (I'd like to be able to > check my work.) I'm not sure what you mean by this. > Is there a default name and location for the afp password file? > e.g. /etc/netatalk/afppasswd ? That is the exact file that is the default. > What is the stuff about minimum uid? Explain what considerations affect the > value I choose for this. Must I choose? Or may I ignore? I have no idea what that means. I didn't use it. Perhaps a more security conscious debian-security list lurker might know. > > Thanks, again. You're welcome. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]