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Mount a Linux home dir on a Mac via OpenVPN
Authored by: pknull on Aug 10, '06 09:36:28PM

I think instead of samaba, netatalk would be a better solution.... and a bit more native.



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Mount a Linux home dir on a Mac via OpenVPN
Authored by: Azathoth on Aug 11, '06 04:58:02AM

thanx for the tip!
i'll try that out immediately :)



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Mount a Linux home dir on a Mac via OpenVPN
Authored by: leamanc on Aug 20, '08 02:12:44PM

Well, actually samba and AFP (the service provided by netatalk) are equally native to OS X. Now, if you were connecting an OS 9 box, that would be a different story.

If you want speed, samba is the way to go. The AFP protocol sends all kind of metadata (icon positions, file/folder label colors, etc.) usually associated with Mac disks. So while it would seem a little more integrated into a Mac environment, it is slower than samba, which is a far more efficient file sharing protocol. I guess on a home LAN it wouldn't make much difference, but you will really notice it connecting remotely.



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