[lug] Netatalk

[Dave Treece <Dave Treece]

Netatalk actually works pretty good, but that doesn't have anything to
with ftp. I have it running on a Kayak XU 450 at work and currently
have only 6 systems mounting shares from it via appletalk (on the mac
side). So far (about 2 1/2 months) it's been running pretty solid, so
I've been fairly happy with the way it's been working. But, since it's
a closed system/subnet I really haven't investigated any possible security
issues. However, If you stick strickly with the appletalk setup's on
the macs you shouldn't need DNS set up (appletalk does this 
broadcast/announcement sort of thing). 

Glenn Ashton writes:
 > 
 > O.k. my latest Linux challenge:
 > 
 > I want to install an ftp only server that is also accessible from Macs.
 > 
 > My questions:
 > 
 > Does netatalk actually work well?
 > 
 > In installing this box, I want to not have sendmail or DNS to reduce the
 > things I have to worry about in terms of security vulnerabilities. Does
 > the ftp server depend on anything troublesome?
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Glenn Ashton
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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