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

Fri Nov 30 13:15:35 MST 2007

Then you have add 2nd set of "keychain"-like feature for this thing to work.

I am telling you that the two simplest and fully function ways to do
this on a mac is SMB or NFS.

ggt

On Nov 30, 2007 9:01 PM, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
> According to my command-line guru in New York, he says try rsync.
>
> rsync -avE -e ssh /path/to/local/dir/username at remotehost:-/path/to/
> remote/dir
>
> He says this will only send changed parts of files. I'm a novice at
> this kind of stuff, so I'll take him at his word! There's probably
> some fiddling to be done with how a password gets passed if this is
> running headliess. Your Kiwi can probably figure that out.
>
> Speaking of said guru in New York, we did a video iChat the other day
> and he used iChat Theater to play me the Bugs Bunny cartoon where Bugs
> is playing baseball. I also looked at the fine print on a Manhattan
> bus schedule PDF, which was readable over iChat, no problem. Cool stuff.
>
> Dale
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
> > Dale,
> >
> > Is that something I could write into a shell script? I don't want to
> > stop using these shell scripts, since they work so well.
> >
> > I'm in communication with the guy who wrote the shell script; he's
> > in New Zealand, so last night we connected via iChat between our two
> > MacBook Pros. It was an amazing conversation; at one time, we had
> > all of this going on at the same time:
> >
> > Video iChat so we could see each other
> > Audio iChat with headsets
> > Sending files back and forth thru iChat
> > He was Timbuktued into my FM server here, as was I
> > He looked up my address in Google Map so he could see what my house
> > looked like, and I looked up his house in NZ so I could see his as
> > well!
> >
> > It was truly a 21st century experience; all of this was going on at
> > once, and it worked almost flawlessly. A true testament to iChat, I
> > must say!
> >
> > Bob Patin
> > Longterm Solutions
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> > On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:
> >
> >> AFP is alive and well under OS X. I don't know where you're getting
> >> your information.
> >>
> >> I will once again put my plug in for SSH/SFTP as an alternative,
> >> rather than activating any Windows networking protocol. My local
> >> tech guy says Samba is not the most secure networking protocol out
> >> there.
> >>
> >> Dale
> >>
> >> 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@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
> >>>>>>>>> Longterm Solutions
> >>>>>>>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
> >>>>>>>>> 615-333-6858
> >>>>>>>>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
> >>>>>>>>> Member of FileMaker Business Alliance and FileMaker TechNet
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> CONTACT US VIA INSTANT MESSAGING:
> >>>>>>>>> AIM or iChat: longterm1954
> >>>>>>>>> Yahoo: longterm_solutions
> >>>>>>>>> MSN: tech at longtermsolutions.com
> >>>>>>>>> ICQ: 159333060
> >>>>>>>>>
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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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