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Netatalk is for Unix servers to share files via Apple File Protocol. Very useful for Time Machine backups when you need more space or security than a Time Capsule.

Netatalk is for Unix servers to share files via Apple File Protocol. Very useful for Time Machine backups when you need more space or security than a Time Capsule. The Netatalk project homepage

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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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OS X server large scale storage and backup

I really hope this question doesn't come across as trolling or asking for buying advice. It's not intended. I've just started working for a small ad agency (40 employees). I actually quit being a system administrator a few years ago (too…
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What would cause a single protocol to function at 1Gbps over a 10Gbps connection?

Our AFP server is now capping out at 1Gbps over our 10Gbps fiber connection. And only in the client<-server direction (client reading from it). This is a new occurrence. For years now the clients sharing the 10GbE have gotten to share a full…
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How can I get rid of / hide :2eDS_Store files on my linux netatalk server?

I'm running a netatalk server process on my linux server that serves files up to Mac client machines. Whenever you use Mac's Finder to access foreign filesystems over netatalk, it creates '.DS_Store' files to store information about the…
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Linux server with Samba 4 as DC, filserver and netatalk (AFP for OS X)

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server with samba 4.0.6 and netatalk 3.0.4. Samba is DC and fileserver. All with ACL and ext4 with acl filesystem. I managed to get the ubuntu server to join the domain with centrifydc trough changing the hostname in…
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Mac OS X clients cannot see extended ACLs through samba or netatalk on a debian server

I have set up a debian box as a replacement for an old windows server for my company's central file repository. I am using acl enabled ext3 filesystem. We need to be able to use extended access control lists to control user access to files, and…
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netatalk 3.0 wont start on ubuntu server

Netatalk 3.0 built from sources using ./configure --with-init-style=debian --enable-debian On startup i'm having troubles: Aug 09 01:30:11.415825 netatalk[15692] {netatalk.c:162} (N:AFPDaemon): Restarting 'afpd' (restarts: 363) Aug 09…
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FreeNAS AFP Doesn't Authenticate

I just set up a FreeNAS 8.0.3 server and am trying to use its AFP (Netatalk) service to access it via a Mac OS X Lion system. I created the ZFS volume, set its permissions to include my user in its owner group (and set group write permissions),…
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Netatalk and Snow Leopard Slow transfer speed

I have a simple setup of netatalk afp server on my OpenSolaris box. And I also have samba on that box. transfers from netatalk to my mac mini with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 go at speed 2-3 Mbytes/sec but transfers from the same server using samba peak at…
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connecting to Ubuntu file share from Mac OS X

I have a headless Ubuntu server running on my network. Initially I had configured it for SAMBA for use with my windows machines and that seemed to work ok. I've just bought a Mac and am trying to access the server - it appears in Finder without me…
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Samba4 issues with Time Machine: cannot create new backup on Samba share

Note: originally posted on StackExchange. I'm not sure which location is more appropriate, my apologies if the duplication causes issues. TL;DR: Time Machine cannot create a new backup on my shared drive, but can add to an existing backup. I'm…
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FreeBSD: netatalk3 daemon keeps restarting

I set up a netatalk3 / afpd daemon on my FreeBSD server about half a year ago and used it as networked TimeMachine for my MacBook Pro. Pretty much fire and forget. Then, beginning of this month, I upgraded from version 3.1.2,1 to 3.1.7,1. From what…
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Netatalk authorizing with Windows Active Directory Clients

We have an Ubuntu server that we intend to use to share videos and other content over AFP to our client Macs. AFP works flawlessly by setting the allow list to one single user. The problem arises when we wish to make use of other users in our…
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Netatalk Spotlight indexing hangs

I have set up a Netatalk server and I'm stuck configuring the spotlight search. The server is ubuntu 12.04 LTS and I've installed the tracker and the miner that are required for indexing. According to the guide (here) on the netatalk wiki, there is…
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Can netatalk be configured to adhere to ACL's?

Is is possible, and if so how, to configure Netatalk to respect ACL's? I'm running Debian Lenny, with the ACL packaged installed. ACL's work great using SSH, which is why I started using it. But, if I login via AFP, I can't access the files.
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