Create SLP scopes without Mac OS X Server

Dec 19, '02 09:48:29AM

Contributed by: Robert

In "Connect To Server...", all AFP servers show up in the "Local" SLP scope unless the network has been divided into scopes. Here is a method to do this without Mac OS X Server (based on a French Usenet article by Patrick Stadelmann). Just open /etc/slpsa.conf with a text editor and add the following line:

  com.apple.slp.defaultRegistrationScope=My Scope
The name of the scope may contain spaces. After restart, the scope will show up in Connect To Server..., with your computer in it. If there is already an AppleTalk zone with the same name, the list of AFP and Appletalk servers will be merged.

[Editor's note: I have not tested this hint.]

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