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

[Dale Bengston]

If AFP continues to cause problems, maybe you could switch to SFTP  
(SSH), which is very easy to do between Macs, either with Terminal or  
a nifty FTP app like Transmit.

Dale

On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I'm using shell scripts, which work great, and backup databases  
> automatically; why would I want to use Samba when FMS does timed  
> automatic backups already?
>
> The script does the ZIP backup to a 2nd internal drive; where it's  
> failing is in mounting the external volume.
>
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
>> Please for your own convenience please use Samba, in the System
>> Preferences of MacOS X it's named Windows sharing, it's a less  
>> network
>> consuming and I even use it for server tasks, such as backup.
>>
>> ggt
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2007 4:35 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Alex,
>>>
>>> Yes, but not on either of the machines in question; what's more,  
>>> this
>>> problem started before I put Leopard on 2 machines.
>>>
>>> I have other machines connecting to this same external volume  
>>> without
>>> any problems; all 3 are running either 10.4.10 or 10.4.11.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
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>>> On Nov 30, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Alex Gates wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bob -
>>>>
>>>> Are you using Leopard anywhere in the mix?
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>
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