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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:01:22 -0500
Subject: Re: Filesharing sys 7.1 to OS 10.2   Success!!!!!!!
From: Bob Johnson
To; <vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> (Vintage Macs)

I finally found the key to this problem after trying the freeware osX 
program SharePoints, which allows you to manage the file sharing 
properties in osX with a GUI instead of through unix config files or 
the cryptic osX NetInfo Manager. The problem was on the osX side all 
along.

What it boils down to is that the AppleFileServer subsystem in osX must 
be configured to use AppleTalk.  The SharePoints program makes this 
easy.  Just click on the box that says 'Use AppleTalk'.  It can also be 
enabled through the NetInfo Manager, but that utility is pretty 
cryptic.  Go to / , then config, then AppleFileServer.  Scroll down 
through the list of properties until you find use_appletalk.  Using the 
New Value and Delete Value items in the Directory menu, change the 0 
value to a 1.  It's a lot easier (and probably safer) to just use 
SharePoints to do this.  Somewhere on the disk is the actual unix 
configuration file the that is being edited, but I haven't found it yet.

Note that this is in addition to enabling "Make AppleTalk Active"  via 
the Network system preferences pane.  "Making AppleTalk Active" here 
without setting "use_appletalk" as described above allows the osX 
machine to connect to the classic system, but not vice versa.    
Setting "use_appletalk" without "Making AppleTalk Active" seemed to 
crash the AppleFileServer subsystem.   SharePoints made it easy to 
restart that.

Bottom line?  Get SharePoints.  While you can get by without it, it 
makes it much easier to set up sharing under osX, especially with older 
systems.  SharePoints can be downloaded from <www.hornware.com>.

For the record, the network software on the Mac IIsi was that installed 
by a basic clean install of system 7.1 -->	
		
Extensions:
 Appleshare              7.1
 Ether Talk Phase 2      2.3.1
 Ether Talk Prep         1.0.2
 File Sharing Extension  7.1
 Network Extension       7.1

Control Panels:
 File Sharing Monitor    7.1
 Network                 2.3.3
 Sharing Setup           7.1
 Users & Groups          7.1

Thanks to all who participated in this quest.  Hope this is helpful to 
others.

Bob

(Bob adds)
".... add a caution to discourage doing this via the 
NetInfo Manager unless they really know what they are doing."