[Gllug] Mac clients/Linux server

[jim smith]

>Hi,
>
>can anyone out there offer a bit of advise I have just started 
>working for a new company.  We use a Linux as a file and print 
>server running Samba and Nettatalk (about 80% of the clients are 
>Macs).
>
>An on going problem has been the Macs unable to get connections 
>losing connections and in some cases losing files during transfer. 
>It has recently gotten so bad that we have virtually abandoned using 
>appletalk to copy files across and are using secure FTP in most 
>cases.
>
>My searches for information seem to show that the kernel module 
>responsible is no longer being maintained and that there seem to be 
>problems with proprietary interfaces.
>
>does anyone have similar experiences or have links to sights that 
>maybe more useful for getting a working open source solution.  No 
>one here wants to move to an OS X server with the costs of new 
>hardware, licensing, and integrate it into current setup.
>
>Here's hoping someone can help
>
>Thanks Jim

jim

i just went back and looked and there are few patches to the most 
recent full source archive which solve some of my problems: it may be 
worth investigating the CVS tree - which is what i'm about to do.

j

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