Re: [K12OSN] K12ltsp & Mac OS9

[Jim Hays <haysja sages us>]

Unfortunately, I'm not at school today.  (We closed due to the sub zero temps.)
 My K12LTSP server is behind a couple of firewalls (where it should be) and it
is pretty hard for me to get to it from home.  

I will look this up next week for you.


Quoting norbert <bear2bar netscape net>:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the info, however where & how do I configure ATALK ? I can't 
> find any .conf files or "wizard" to tell it what directories on the OS9 
> machines to mount or share.....
> 
> norbert
> 
> haysja sages us wrote:
> 
> >Yes.  You can do this in one of two ways.  You can have an Applescipt on the
> OS9
> >machine scheduled to copy from the server or have a script on your K12LTSP
> >server copy the files from the client.  It looks like you are leaning toward
> the
> >second.  
> >
> >You can connect to the OS9 machine with a smbmount command using the afp
> >protocol.  Something like this:  
> >
> >mount -t afp afp://user:pass idisk mac com/user /Volumes/idisk
> >
> >
> >Quoting norbert <bear2bar netscape net>:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>Thanks for the info, if I install Netatalk on the LTSP server and share 
> >>a directory with the OS9 machine I could, via a script, retrieve and 
> >>backup all the files to some device ?
> >>
> >>thanks
> >>norbert
> >>
> >>haysja sages us wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Set up Appletalk (Netatalk) on the LTSP server.  (Pretty easy with K12LTSP
> 3
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>or
> >>    
> >>
> >>>4).  Set up a shared Appletalk directory.  
> >>>
> >>>It really depends on what you want to happen.  To backup crucial files
> from
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>the
> >>    
> >>
> >>>OS9 machines, set up an Appletalk shared directory on the LTSP version
> and
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>write
> >>    
> >>
> >>>an AppleScript program to connect to the directory and copy the files.  
> >>>
> >>>or
> >>>
> >>>Share the directory on the client and write a scrip on the server to
> connect
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>to
> >>    
> >>
> >>>the client and copy the files.  This script could be run as a cron job.
> >>>
> >>>Either should work.
> >>>
> >>>(We are connecting OS9 clients to a K12LTSP server via atalk.  It works
> well
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>for
> >>    
> >>
> >>>us.)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Quoting norbert <bear2bar netscape net>:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Hi
> >>>>
> >>>>Is there a simple way to have Mac OS9 machines (fat clients) exchange 
> >>>>files with thin x86 clients ? (Mac OS-X is easy via NFS)
> >>>>What would be a good back-up solution to a hybrid network of x86 thin 
> >>>>clients, Mac OS-X & Mac OS9 fat clients ?
> >>>>
> >>>>I know that I can setup a cron job to retrieve the files from the 
> >>>>K12ltsp server and probably the OS-X machine but what do I do with the 
> >>>>OS9 units ????
> >>>>
> >>>>thanks
> >>>>norbert
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
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Jim Hays
Technology Director
Monticello CUSD#25
Monticello, IL  61856
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