Netatalk 2.2 configurations

Here is how I got my netatalk/afpd running with Apple's Time Machine service. After installing netatalk 2.2 (and its dependency libdb and libgcrypt - see previous post) there should be configuration files in /opt/etc/netatalk/

afpd.conf: (updated August 3rd)

- -transall -nouservol -setuplog "default log_info /var/log/afpd.log" -defaultvol /opt/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default -systemvol /opt/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.system -passwdfile /opt/etc/netatalk/afppasswd -uamlist uams_clrtxt.so,uams_guest.so,uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2.so -nosavepassword -advertise_ssh

AppleVolumes.default:

/path/to/Volume "TimeMachine" cnidscheme:cdb options:tm


netatalk.conf:


# Appletalk configuration
# Change this to increase the maximum number of clients that can connect:
AFPD_MAX_CLIENTS=50


# Change this to set the machine's atalk name and zone, the latter containing
# the '@' sign as first character -- compare with nbp_name(3) if in doubt
#
# NOTE: If Netatalk should register AppleTalk services in the standard zone
#       then you need not to specify a zone name here.
#
#       If your zone has spaces in it, you're better off specifying
#       it in afpd.conf if you realize that your distribution doesn't
#       handle spaces correctly in the startup script. Remember to use
#       quotes here if the zone name contains spaces.
#
#ATALK_ZONE="@some zone"
ATALK_NAME=`echo ${HOSTNAME}|cut -d. -f1`


# specify the Mac and unix charsets to be used
ATALK_MAC_CHARSET='MAC_ROMAN'
ATALK_UNIX_CHARSET='LOCALE'


# specify this if you don't want dhx and dhx2
# available options: uams_guest.so, uams_clrtxt.so,
#                    uams_dhx.so, uams_dhx2.so,
#                    uams_randnum.so
#AFPD_UAMLIST="-U uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2.so"


# Change this to set the id of the guest user
AFPD_GUEST=nobody


# Set which daemons to run (papd is dependent upon atalkd):
ATALKD_RUN=no
PAPD_RUN=no
CNID_METAD_RUN=yes
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=no
A2BOOT_RUN=no


# Control whether the daemons are started in the background
ATALK_BGROUND=no


# export the charsets, read form ENV by apps


export ATALK_MAC_CHARSET
export ATALK_UNIX_CHARSET


Also if you want to get the netatalk service to be advertised you need install the avahi-daemon and edit its settings. The settings reside in /opt/etc/avahi/


avahi-daemon.conf:

[server]
host-name=TimeMachine
use-ipv4=yes
use-ipv6=no
allow-interfaces=br0
enable-dbus=no


Also create a file in /opt/etc/avahi/services 


Mine is called afpd.service:



<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>
<service>
<type>_afpovertcp._tcp</type>
<port>548</port>
</service>
<service>
<type>_device-info._tcp</type>
<port>0</port>
<txt-record>model=Xserve</txt-record>
</service>
</service-group>


Last but not least issue the command 'adduser avahi' then 'avahi-daemon &'. Now you are set to start the service by typing 'afpd'. You should now be able to see 'TimeMachine' in the shared section of your Finder window. After mounting it is available in the Time Machine preferences.


Thanks to myopenrouter - their tutorial initially got me started fiddling around with Time Machine and dd-wrt afpd/netatalk half a year ago. I found some more settings using www.google.com. My configurations are most certainly not the best there is but for me they worked. I hope they do the same for you.