Specifications

54 Chapter 3 AFP Service
Automatic Reconnect
Mac OS X Server provides the ability to automatically reconnect Mac OS X clients that
have become idle or gone to sleep. When clients become idle or go to sleep, the
Mac OS X Server disconnects those clients to free up server resources. Mac OS X Server
can save Mac OS X client sessions, however, allowing these clients to resume work on
open files without loss of data. You configure this setting in the Idle Users pane of the
AFP service configuration window in Server Admin. See “Changing Idle User Settings”
on page 58.
Find By Content
Mac OS X clients can use Sherlock to search the contents of AFP servers. This feature
enforces privileges so that only files to which the user has access are searched.
AppleTalk Support
AFP service no longer supports AppleTalk as a client connection method. While
AppleTalk clients will see AFP servers in the Chooser, they must use TCP/IP to connect
to these servers. See “Mac OS X Clients” on page 66 and “Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9
Clients” on page 67 for more information.
Apple File Service Specifications
• Maximum number of connected users, depending on your license
agreement: Unlimited (hardware dependent)
• Maximum volume size: 2 terabytes
• TCP port number: 548
• Location of log file or files: /Library/Logs/AppleFileService
• Bonjour registration type: afpserver