Mounting a Remote AppleShare

[Longman, Bill]

> >          IIRC it is the same as mounting any other FS. mount -t hfs 
> > AFP_LOCATION /mnt/USER_CREATED_DIR
> > 
> >          You can use either the IP address or the AFP name. 
> If you look up 
> > SMB mounting you will see similar information.
> > 
> I tried. Here's what I got:
> 
> [jhart at A3590 mnt]$ sudo mount -t hfs a4567.bates.edu /mnt/a4567
> Password:
> mount: special device a4567.bates.edu does not exist
> [jhart at A3590 mnt]$ sudo mount -t hfs afp://a4567.bates.edu /mnt/a4567
> mount: special device afp://a4567.bates.edu does not exist

AFP_LOCATION probably follows the syntax of other remote devices:

  hostname:/pathname

so it might look like this:

 a4567.bates.edu:/afp