TITLE
    Mac OS X Server: Apple File Services Required Processes
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		60062
3/4/99
11/2/00
TOPIC

    This article outlines the required processes for operating Apple File Services under Mac OS X Server.

    For more information on processes under Mac OS X Server, please see article:

    Article 60053: " Mac OS X Server: Processes ."

DISCUSSION

    AppleFileServer runs over either TCP or AppleTalk and requires that TCP and/or AppleTalk be configured on the system.

    The processes that show AppleFileServer is active are AppleFileServer and AdminWebServer.

    AppleFileServer runs from a PIPE out of the AdminWebServer server (an HTTP server) and once running shows up in a process:

    ps ax |grep AppleF
    632 ?  I     0:00 AppleFileServer /tmp/afpserver_PIPE
    639 ?  S     0:00 AppleFileServer /tmp/afpserver_PIPE

    AdminWebServer appears in the process list as well:

    ps ax |grep Admin
    557 ?  S     0:00 /usr/libexec/AdminWebServer -f
    /System/Library/RemoteAdminServer/Configuration/apache.conf
    559 ?  I     0:00 /usr/libexec/AdminWebServer -f
    /System/Library/RemoteAdminServer/Configuration/apache.conf
    560 ?  I     0:00 /usr/libexec/AdminWebServer -f
    /System/Library/RemoteAdminServer/Configuration/apache.conf
    566 ?  I     0:00 /System/Library/RemoteAdminServer/FastCGI/RemoteAdminServer

    Notice that the final process listed is the FastCGI which executes the remote administration of the AppleFileServer.

    Remember that in the process viewer, the AdminWebServer processes show up as 'apache' EXACTLY like the HTTP server that is serving files on port 80.

Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: Mac OS X Server
Sub Category: Apache; Apple File Services

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