From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 16:30:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A450E16A4CF for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:30:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out011.verizon.net (out011pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2E3E43D1D for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:30:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from acurtis@ieee.org) Received: from [192.168.1.103] ([68.160.169.150]) by out011.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20050107163003.GXAP4717.out011.verizon.net@[192.168.1.103]> for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:30:03 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <5FAD9AE2-60C9-11D9-A934-000A959EB894@ieee.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Alan Curtis Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:29:59 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out011.verizon.net from [68.160.169.150] at Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:30:03 -0600 Subject: netatalk, NFS, OS X and backup X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:30:07 -0000 I need some advice about integrating my FreeBSD server with some Macs running OS X. I have a server running FreeBSD 5.3 with NFS and netatalk enabled, a Powerbook G4 running OS X 10.3.7 and they are connected through a wireless network. I used the Powerbook to administer the server using ssh, which works well. I would also like to use the server to backup files (for multiple users) from the Powerbook. I have played around with both NFS and netatalk (afpd) and both seem to be working, in that I can manually mount the shares on the Powerbook. I have got the NFS share to automount on the Powerbook but not the afp share. I can copy files to and from both the nfs and afp mounted shares, including resource forks. I have played with various backup utilities including rsync, psync and rdiff-backup with varying degrees of success. Some observations/questions 1. netatalk afp seems consistently and significantly faster than nfs. Is this to be expected or might I have a problem with nfs? If so how do I diagnose and fix it? 2. I would prefer to use nfs, because I can automount it on the Powerbook and run a cron (actually anacron) script to backup the multiple users. I haven't yet worked out how (or if) I can do this with afp (this is really a Mac question I know). 3. I would like to use a backup scheme which is automatic, invisible to the user, yet configured in a way that the archive can be navigated, and files appear in folders on the Mac finder in a consistent way (with resource forks set up correctly). All of this seems almost possible, yet I don't seem to have got it just right yet. Has anyone one any insight they can spread or experiences they can share of a similar set up? Alan