[plug] modern apple file sharing for linux

[Craig Ringer]

Hi all
Does anybody on PLUG currently work in an environment with MacOS 9 
clients and linux file servers? If so, I'd be interested in hearing what 
server software you're using. I'm finding netatalk totally insufficient, 
trying to work directly off a network volume with Photoshop or Quark 
results in all sorts of nasty errors.

If anybody has tried out Darwin or Darwin/x86 - any comments there with 
regards to AppleTalk? Is AppleTalk networking included in Darwin or is 
it a MacOS X only thing? I've been wondering for some time if Darwin 
could be used to give Linux AppleTalk networking a bit of a kick. It 
sure needs one.

So - anybody have any experiences in this area?

BTW the reason I ask is because I'm stuck with macs running MacOS 7 and 
(*blech*) 9 (*blech*) on our LAN, and currently I'm having to use an NT4 
box to serve files to them. I'd love to be able to move to linux since 
the NT4 is... well ... NT4 - plus its a little quirky. An apple file 
server is not an option unless they offer server software packages for 
linux, I can't get an actual apple server nor do I particularly want to.