Appletalk on Fedora

Configure your linux box to be a Mac file server using netatalk afpd and avahi-daemon

This install was done on a Fedora 11 system
Install Netatalk Afpd and Avahi-Daemon

yum install netatalk avahi

Configure Appletalk Netatalk

vi /etc/atalk/afpd.conf

Add the following to the end of the file:

- -noddp -tcp -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2.so -nosavepassword -advertise_ssh

Configure Netatalk to only start the services we need

vi /etc/atalk/netatalk.conf

Change the following values:

ATALKD_RUN=no
PAPD_RUN=no
CNID_METAD_RUN=yes
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=no
A2BOOT_RUN=no

Configure Netatalk to share our folders

vi /etc/atalk/AppleVolumes.default

Syntax:

allow: users and groups allowed to access share

rwlist: users and groups allowed read and write access

Change  to your users separated by commas jim.bob.doug

Change <@group> to your groups separated by commas @accounting, @marketing (keep the @ infront of the group name)

* Users and Groups must already exist in Linux

Add for Users Home Folders:

~/ "$u" allow: rwlist:,<@group> cnidscheme:cdb

Add a folder:

/home/folder  allow:,<@group> rwlist:,<@group> cnidscheme:cdb options:usedots,upriv

Configure Avahi and mDNS (linux version of bonjour)

We need to configure Avahi and mDNS so the Mac computers on the network can find our Appletalk file server
We need to create a service file for our afpd service:

vi /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service

Add the following:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?>
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">%h Xserve</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>

Add mDNS to nsswitch

vi /etc/nsswitch.conf

Add mdns to the line hosts:

hosts:      files dns mdns

Configure Appletalk to start at system startup

chkconfig atalk
chkconfig avahi-daemon

Start Appletalk and Avahi (Bonjour)

service atalk start
service avahi-daemon start

Open Firewall Ports
port: 548 tcp

Check that Netatalk service started properly:

nbplkup

                      localhost:AFPServer                          65280.31:128
                     "localhost:netatalk"                          65280.31:4
                     "localhost:Workstation"                       65280.31:4

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