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Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - M A V I C - 09-15-2007
And with a GUI to manage it?
Googling hasn't turned up much. I know I can install Netatalk in just about any distro, but I really don't want to have to learn how to do that.
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - ztirffritz - 09-15-2007
What is AFP?
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - silvarios - 09-15-2007
[quote ztirffritz]What is AFP?
Apple File Protocol. For sharing data over a network. That's what Macs use. I mean natively because obviously they can work with Windows boxes to share data as well.
Nathan
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - microchip13 - 09-15-2007
Ubuntu is your best bet. If it doesn't have it, nothing else will out of the box.
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - MacMagus - 09-15-2007
'Can't install Netatalk?
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - M A V I C - 09-15-2007
[quote microchip13]Ubuntu is your best bet. If it doesn't have it, nothing else will out of the box.
What makes you say nothing else will?
[quote MacMagus]'Can't install Netatalk?
Sure, but I don't feel like learning all I'd have to to install it and administer it via the command line.
The issues I face are:
- So I download it, but then I have to make sure I have compiler.
- It requires me to have sleepycats' Berkeley DB installed. Whatever that is.
- Then you have to configure & compile it. Not too tough, but I'm much better at figuring out configurations via a GUI
- Then you have to configure it once it's installed. Assign interfaces, netrange, node address...
It goes on and on.
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - MacMagus - 09-16-2007
> I don't feel like learning all I'd have to to install it and administer it via the command line.
Debian includes Netatalk in the official distro.
http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/netatalk
It still needs configuration.
http://viebrock.ca/article/22/file-sharing-from-linux-to-os-x-a-quick-guide
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - M A V I C - 09-16-2007
[quote MacMagus]> I don't feel like learning all I'd have to to install it and administer it via the command line.
Debian includes Netatalk in the official distro.
http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/netatalk
It still needs configuration.
http://viebrock.ca/article/22/file-sharing-from-linux-to-os-x-a-quick-guide
I'll check those links in a bit. Thanks. I thought you were implying I should just install Netatalk on any old distro. I'm trying to find out which ones include it by default. I know Ubuntu does, but it doesn't offer a GUI. I'll take a look at debian. User management is easy, I hope.
Thanks
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - MacMagus - 09-16-2007
> I thought you were implying I should just install Netatalk on any old distro.
I was.
It's hard to do anything with Linux and not end up compiling and playing with config files. 'Might as well dive in now.
> I know Ubuntu does, but it doesn't offer a GUI.
No GUI in Debian, either. I sometimes think that open source coders deliberately make things complex as a measure of their hacker-cred.
Still, with the tutorial that I linked to, setup shouldn't take too long.
Re: Any Linux distros with AFP built-in? - M A V I C - 09-16-2007
Thanks. I'll peruse the docs. If it's simple enough, I'll give it a try. I'm not looking to learn more linux. I'm looking for a good file server solution so I can focus on other stuff and pay people who know (and want to know) that stuff.