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Getting Appletalk working
Some people running Mac OS 9 still want to use Appletalk.
Installing
Installation is easy, just use apt-get:
$ sudo apt-get install netatalk
The Problem
The Ubuntu node shows up on the Appletalk network as 'localhost'. This is due to 'hostname -s' returning localhost instead of using the real name (in /etc/init.d/netatalk).
The Solution
Change the appropriate line in /etc/hosts and move the real hostname in front of 'localhost.localdomain', for example:
127.0.0.1 realname localhost.localdomain localhost
Bug or Feature ?
There's an open bug report documenting the problem with said order in /etc/hosts that is causing trouble with other programs, too.