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From: jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu (Jeff Wolman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Mac FileSharing and Unix FileSharing
Keywords: Mac Unix NFS TCP/IP
Message-ID: <1991May24.204022.16751@cec1.wustl.edu>
Date: 24 May 91 20:40:22 GMT
Distribution: comp.protocols.appletalk, comp.sys.mac.comm, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac, comp.protcols.tcp-ip
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
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Hello to all those out in Netland!

	I have got a complicated question about Macs and Unix (Sun's) sharing
	files.  At Washington University, the engineering subnet will be going
	to be expanding into three separate, smaller subnets.  On one of these
	subnets will be the Macintosh lab that I manage, an IIcx AppleShare
	server connected to 15 Mac SE's and 5 Mac +'s thru AppleTalk.  The
	plan is to connect this AppleShare network to the CISCO subnet via
	a GatorBox CS.

	The question I have:  Is there a way that a Unix machine (a Sun) to
	connect to the Mac as a client (sort of reverse GatorShare (Macs
	mounting Unix volumes)) so it can make a mirror copy of the Mac
	server's hard disk?  The main reason that we want to do this is to
	set up this "mirror" so that if the AppleShare server goes down,
	the "mirror" could substitute itself for the AppleShare server (an
	AUFS volume, I assume).

	Does anyone have experience in Mac to Unix filesharing, especially
	with regards to copying between the two platforms?  Would CAP be
	required for the "mirror" on the Unix side?  Basically, any help
	would be good, as I am somewhat unfamiliar in this area.  Please
	send your replies to:

			jdw4374@cec2.wustl.edu
				or
			dale@cec1.wustl.edu (my supervisor in this endeavor)

	If you post a reply to this message, make sure that you Email it to
	me, as our news server is a little bit flakey.  Thanks in advance!


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