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Netatalk 1.6.0

The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 1.6.0 of the Netatalk File Sharing suite. Netatalk is a collection of server programs and utilities for handling various protocols employed by Apple Macintosh computers on Unix compatible systems. This allows Unix hosts to act as file, print, and time servers for Apple Macintosh (classic MacOS as well as MacOS X) computers.

The suite contains:

• afpd - a file server that implements the Apple Filing Protocol, allowing clients running MacOS to access Unix file servers

• atalkd - an implementation of the AppleTalk protocol

• papd - a print server that enables Macintosh computers to access printers connected to Unix servers

• timelord - a time server for synchronizing time over the network

• megatron - a tool to convert files in Macintosh specific formats like BinHex, AppleSingle, or MacBinary into files readable by Unix computers

• various other utilities

Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Please see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html for the full license text.

News in Netatalk 1.6.0

Netatalk 1.6.0 is a new major release that greatly enhances Netatalk's usefulness. Especially noteworthy are the improved compatibility with MacOS X as well as industry-standard programs like Photoshop and QuarkXPress.

The changes in detail:

• Long file name mangling support
• Improved log file support
• CNID DID handling by default
• The CDB data store for CNID is enabled by default
• Server-side find capability ("FPCatSearch")
• Bug fixes, build fixes, code cleanup

Future Enhancements

Netatalk is an actively developed product and its functionality will be enhanced in future versions. Some of the upcoming features include:

• AFP 3.0 support, including long file names

• Integrated Samba and NFS file locking

• Improved Documentation

Supported Platforms

As of Netatalk 1.6.0 the following operating systems are supported:

• FreeBSD

• Linux (Debian, Mandrake, RedHat, SuSE, others should work as well)

• OpenBSD

• Solaris

• Tru64 (TCP only)

Netatalk may compile and run on other operating systems as well, but it is not well-tested on those. We welcome patches and suggestions for enhancing the portability of Netatalk as well as success and failure stories. Please write to [email protected].

Availability

Netatalk tar-balls can be found at:

Binaries for Debian GNU/Linux will be added to the unstable distribution soon and will be available at every Debian non-US mirror. Binaries for other operating systems will be made available at the SourceForge site http://sourceforge.net/projects/netatalk/ as time permits.

Netatalk is also available via anonymous CVS. See the SourceForge project site for anonymous CVS instructions. Main development is happening in the trunk. Well-tested patches are back-ported to branch-netatalk-1-6, which is also the basis for official releases.

Contact

For more information about Netatalk, see its web page at:

The project is hosted at SourceForge. The SourceForge project page is located at:

The Netatalk development team can be reached via the mailing list [email protected]. For subscription information and archives see Netatalk's SourceForge project page.

[email protected] is a mailing list for Netatalk system administrators. For subscription information and archives see the Netatalk web page.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all contributors to the Netatalk project for their commitment. Without the many suggestions, bug and problem reports, patches, and reviews this project wouldn't be where it is.

• The Netatalk Development Team, December 2002