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 Topic: AppleShare between 7 and OS X 10.6+ (Page 1 of 1) |
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:07 pm |
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After spending some time looking for a way to share
files between my System 7 mac and my intel iMac running Snow Leopard, I
finally found the solution I was looking for.
Installing Netatalk on a Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier system, can make
AppleShare work again with old mac systems. Unfortunately, I haven't
been able to setup AppleTalk on the iMac but the AFP file server works
very well through TCP IP.
Here is how to set up Netatalk :
1 - First of all, stop the file sharing service on OS X (This is the AFP fileserver that system 7 doesn't understand)
2 - Then, install Netatalk. You can easily do it through Macports :
sudo port install netatalk
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3 - The default netatalk authentication config (from Macports) was not working on my 10.6 system so I made some changes.
Open or create the following file :
sudo vim /etc/pam.d/netatalk
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Then, empty the file and write the following :
auth required pam_opendirectory.so
account required pam_permit.so
password required pam_deny.so
session required pam_uwtmp.so
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I know this works on 10.6.8 and may not work on other systems. If you
want to try the settings specified by Macports, you can read this
article : http://www.puredarwin.org/users/netatalk
4 - You can specify your shared folder by creating a file called .AppleVolumes at the root of your home folder
Write the following to the file based on what you want to share and the name you want to be displayed on the client.
/path/to/your/shared/folder "Name"
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5 - Finally you need to load (and start) Netatalk by calling the following command :
You can also unload (or stop) Netatalk with this command :
sudo port unload netatalk
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6 - You can now go to your system 7 chooser, click on AppleShare ->
Server IP Address, enter the IP address of you OS X mac, login, and
enjoy your AppleShare file sharing!
7 - If you have any problem, you can check the system log by running the
console application. You may also check Netatalk log file :
tail -f /opt/local/var/log/netatalk.log
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I hope this can help somebody as much as it helped me! 
You can ask me any question if you struggle somewhere.
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