[FX.php List] [OT] Problem trying to use mount_afp w/ FileMaker Server

Gjermund Gusland Thorsen ggt667 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 15:28:47 MST 2007


The setup procedure of SMB and AFP are almost identical,
ftp I do not know about on the Mac platform.

The sad thing is that AFP automatically enables all accounts in which
is a weakness.

I tried warftpd, proftpd and wuftpd under Linux/Unix.

ggt

On Dec 4, 2007 10:42 PM, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
> If you'd actually read my post before you responded, you might have
> noticed I was referring to the activation of file sharing protocols in
> the OS X Sharing System Preference pane, not to how the connecting
> user accesses a share point. If you check the file sharing box in the
> preference pane, it activates AFP. If you dig to "advanced," you get
> choices for SMB and FTP. There is no mention of NFS.
>
> Are we done with this thread now?
>
> Dale
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
> > On Dec 4, 2007 7:24 PM, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com
> > > wrote:
> >> Well, the only response I have for that is AFP historically has
> >> been a
> >> one-button activation. To turn on SMB or FTP in the Sharing
> >> preference
> >> pane takes a little more effort. And NFS is off the radar for most
> >> Mac
> >> users.
> >
> > ?!?What?
> >
> > It's the exact same mounting instructions for all 3 apart from it's
> > protocol descriptor
> >
> > nfs, smb, afp
>
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