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

[Bob Patin]

When I mentioned Samba to my local tech guy he said, "Samba?? Run the  
other way!"

I thought AFP was more an OS X thing?

It works great on my other machines...


On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> No matter what AFP is discontinued and made for MacOS Classic.
>
> You should use Samba or NFS instead for such maintenance.
>
> ggt
>
> On Nov 30, 2007 5:25 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
>> Would I have to install something in order to use Samba?
>>
>> If I'm understanding correctly, I could then just change the shell
>> script, right?
>>
>> BP
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>>
>>> The user you use for example from my site smb:// 
>>> user:password at backup/
>>> fm
>>> the user you log in as should own the folder shared as fm
>>>
>>> ggt667
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 30, 2007 5:13 PM, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 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,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bob Patin
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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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