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

Fri Nov 30 13:33:09 MST 2007

NFS nor Samba does not require any installation.

On Nov 30, 2007 9:24 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> All I need is the simplest way to do this... the script already takes
> the backup that has just occurred, zips it, copies it to a 2nd
> internal drive, then to a remote volume...
>
> Whatever I can shoehorn into the existing script is what I'm looking
> for... :)
>
> If Samba requires something to be installed, I won't fool with it...
>
> If, on the other hand, I could add another line to my script and it
> would work without any trouble, that's what I'm looking for...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated; by the way, if anyone on this
> list is interested in this backup script, I'll ask my friend about
> whether I can share it with this list.
>
> Best,
>
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
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> On Nov 30, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
> >>> 615-333-6858
> >>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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> >>>
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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
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> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> CONTACT US VIA INSTANT MESSAGING:
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> >>>>>>>>>>>
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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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