Install netatalk and avahi on Ubuntu 10.04

Quick setup of netatalk and avahi on Ubuntu 10.04.

Simply,

apt-get install netatalk avahi-daemon

Next configure services. netatalk first.

cd /etc/netatalk/

Enable the server options.

vi afpd.conf

ubuntu -tcp -ipaddr 0.0.0.0 -guestname nogroup \

 -admingroup admin -savepassword

Setup some shares.

vi AppleVolumes.default

~/ "$u Home Directory"  allow:$u rwlist:@admin options:usedots,upriv perm:0775 veto:/lost+found/

/path "shareName"   allow:@admin rwlist:@admin options:usedots,upriv perm:0775 veto:/lost+found/

Enable the server to run.

vi /etc/default/netatalk

CNID_METAD_RUN=yes
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=yes

Avahi

Setup afpd to be broadcast.

vi /etc/avahi/services/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>

Start the services:

/etc/init.d/netatalk restart

restart avahi-daemon

More details at the references.

References:

http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/

http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs/AppleVolumes.default.5.html