Georg,
Thanks for your speedy reply. Yes, /proc/net/appletalk does exist. What
line do I need to add to /etc/protocols? I didn't know which number to
assign to ddp, since I couldn't find that information anywhere. Can you
show me your /etc/protocols entry for ddp?
Thanks again!
Russ Hoffman
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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Georg Schwarz wrote:
> >
> > After perusing the netatalk-admins archives for several hours last night,
> > I couldn't find the answer to my problem, so I'm posting here now:
> >
> > I recently downloaded netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.1.x86-nonshadow-linux.tar.gz
> > from http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/mirror/ and installed
> > it on my RedHat 5.2 x86 box. I managed to get Appletalk over IP working,
> > but I could not get the classical appletalk to go, which is what I really
> > need, since some of my macs are pretty old and don't understand Appleshare
> > IP.
> >
> > I checked, and my kernel says "Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035" on
> > booting, so I should have ddp support, right?
> >
>
> no, not necessarily. Does /proc/net/appletalk exist?
>
>
> > I added the required lines to /etc/services for rtmp, nbp, echo, zip,
> > and afpovertcp.
> >
> > I created the AppleVolumes.system file, and it works correctly, i.e., I
> > can export any volume I want, and name it however suits me.
> >
> > >From what I am to understand from the documentation, classic
> > appletalk is supposed to be the default, but for some reason Appletalk
> > over IP seems to be the default.
> >
> > One thing I noticed, and I couldn't find anywhere, is: Shouldn't there be
> > a line in /etc/protocols defining 'ddp' as a service? It's not in there,
>
> yes, you have to add it.
>
> > and I don't know what to set it to. Is this the source of my problem, or
>
> there's a file in the Netatalk distribution that contains those lines:
>
> rtmp 1/ddp # Routing Table Maintenance Protocol
> nbp 2/ddp # Name Binding Protocol
> echo 4/ddp # AppleTalk Echo Protocol
> zip 6/ddp # Zone Information Protocol
>
> afpovertcp 548/tcp # AFP over TCP
> afpovertcp 548/udp
>
>
> > is it something else? Did I just download the wrong precompiled binary, or
> > is it a configuration error?
>
> the second one.
>
>
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