Re: [Netatalk-admins] AppleTalk programs for Linux

[Ashok A. <ai...@eb...>]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Andreas Wallberg wrote:

> For instance, something like a clone of the Chooser/Finder would be nice, to
> be able to scan the local network for Macs

You can already scan the local network for Macs using existing netatalk
utilities.  `man nbplkup`.

> and connect to them via AFP.

This cannot be done with any current version of Linux (kernel 2.4.x,
2.6-pre).

> Is
> there such a progam for Linux? Can this perhaps already be done somehow using
> "standard" Linux software?

There was a kernel module (afpfs) that worked with kernel 2.0 and 2.2
that allowed Linux PCs to mount AFP shares.  This was never updated
for kernel 2.4.

Considering that current & future versions of MacOS support NFS and SMB
out of box, it appears unlikely we will see an AFP client for Linux PCs.

Ashok
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