AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) is a proprietary network and file services protocol for Mac OS.
Questions tagged [afp]
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Converting UTF-8 NFD filenames to UTF-8 NFC, in either rsync or afpd
I have a home file server running FreeNAS 8. A few days ago I used rsync to upload my entire iTunes library from Mac so that I could load my library over the network instead of off a slow USB drive. This mostly worked, and iTunes runs much better…
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Can someone tell me how to reliably backup over a network using TimeMachine, without a TimeCapsule?
I've got a huge server (running Ubuntu Linux) which has got a 2TB raid sitting there just begging for me to backup to it.
I run netatalk to enable sharing via the AFP protocol to my Macs (all my client boxes are Macs pretty much) and had setup…
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File permissions issue on OS X El Capitan and SMB share
Since we upgraded to OSX El Capitan we experienced some strange file permissions errors with our SMB server.
We have a ubuntu server machine hosting our working files over a SMB shared folder to each of our Mac workstations. We use Git over SMB with…
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Is there a way to connect a remote folder with local cache on OSX or Windows workstation?
A company with 50 graphic designers are working on the same file server. They are using mainly Indesign.
A typical project is a 60 pages indesign document with 1.5GB of linked files (something like 100 PSD, JPG, .ai). They continuously edit linked…
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AFP painfully slow
Copying a file using AFP took 40 minutes but using scp it only took 7 mins. Why is AFP so slow?
My setup:
D-Link DIR-300 wifi router
iMac with Snow-Leopard serves AFP
Macbook with Leopard is the client
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Shared folder mounted on OSX: NFS, WebDAV or AFP?
We are trying to figure out how to best mount a network share on OSX machines (only).
We went with WebDAV initially which does what expected but it's extremely sluggish.
Also the Finder seesm to have problems working with WebDAV.
Are NFS and in…
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OS X AFP shares and access
I am running 10.5.6 Client as a mini server and am having problems with AFP shares. All clients are OS X 10.5.7
I have created three users for 'File Sharing' only on the 'server'. I have created groups and placed these users into specific groups. …
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Wide Area Bonjour using DNS SRV Records
Running Apple's Lion Server (10.7.3). I am trying to get VPN clients (clients on another subnet) to see the server's Apple File share. I know that Bonjour doesn't route over a VPN or subnet, so I am adding static DNS entries.
AFP shares work, as I…
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Make avahi advertise multiple machine
Is it possible that a single machine running avahi advertises other machines sharing files over afp ?
I have different machines running Gentoo but I don't want to run avahi on each server.
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Preventing ‘ghost’ AFP mount points
We've got a problem with OSX 10.6 clients seeing 'ghost' mount points to an OSX Server 10.5 over AFP. On occasion (5 times in the past month) the client machine seems to have some sort of connection problem with the server, and remounts the share.…
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Stu Thompson
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Pros/Cons of filesharing protocols for a Mac environment
In our school division, we have a OS X Server sharing files to up to 120 Mac clients [for things like home folders and group sharepoints]. The AFP protocol is the easiest to set up and use, but that doesn't mean it is the best.
What are the pros…
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Clinton Blackmore
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Invalid argument when copying files with ? in filename on OS X
I'm trying to copy files from an AFP share to an SMB share.
Several files on the AFP share have a ? in the name. If I try to copy them, I get invalid argument'.
I don't know how the files got the ? in the name in the first place.
Here is an…
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Removing DS_Store files and variants?
I am running an Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS server. Frequently I open up files using AFP from my Mac. Inevitably this created .DS_Store files on the server (although for some reason they are named :2eDS_Store. However, it also creates variants on DS_Store…
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Lag in MCX (Workgroup Manager) controlled Macs
At the beginning of the day and on semi-random days, some of my Mac users are experiencing heavy lag. For example, 5-10 minutes to login, several minutes for Safari to load, visible delays while typing in a text field in Safari (e.g. the login form…
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AFP file permission issues with Mac OS X
I have two clients (one windows XP and one Mac OS X) connected to a UNIX server (centOS). The windows client connects through the Samba file protocol, and the Mac through AFP. For some reason the Mac OS X machine ignores the permissions set even…
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