--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Robert Smitheram) ---

>Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 12:02:31 -0400
>Subject: Re(2): #6101.2 Apple OSX (!)
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: [log in to unmask] (Robert Smitheram)
>References: <[log in to unmask]>
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

[log in to unmask] writes:
>Services for Macintosh in NT uses old-fashioned LAN based appletalk, 
>whereas OSX uses AFP over IP. That is, each platform exclusively 
>supports one or the other version of the Apple file sharing protocol.

There is a totally different approach; install an CIFS/SMB client on MacOS X
that can mount your NT domain servers. The product is Sharity and it works
great! This is a commercial solution but there are offering free licenses to
academic institutions for public labs; see their site:

         http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/

Check out the free license page:

        http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/free.html


Robert H. Smitheram