afpd — Apple Filing Protocol daemon
afpd [-duptDTI] [-f defaultvolumes] [-s systemvolumes] [-n nbpname] [-c maxconnections] [-g guest] [-P pidfile] [-S port] [-L message] [-F configfile] [-U uams] [-m umask]
afpd -v | -V | -h
afpd provides an Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) interface to the Unix file system. It is normally started at boot time from system init scripts or services.
afpd.conf is the configuration file
used by afpd to determine the behavior and
configuration of the different virtual file servers that it
provides.
The list of volumes offered to the user is generated from
AppleVolumes.system and one of
AppleVolumes.default,
~/AppleVolumes,
~/.AppleVolumes,
~/applevolumes, or
~/.applevolumes. The
AppleVolumes files is used to specify volumes to
mount and file name extension mappings.
Prevents the daemon from forking, for debugging purposes.
Prevents clients from saving their passwords. (Equivalent to
-nosavepasswd in
afpd.conf.)
Allows clients to change their passwords. (Equivalent to
-setpasswd in
afpd.conf.)
Disable DDP (AppleTalk) as transport protocol. (Equivalent to
-noddp in afpd.conf.)
Disable TCP/IP as transport protocol. (Equivalent to
-notcp in afpd.conf.)
Print version information and exit.
Print verbose information and exit.
Print help and exit.
Use the Netatalk icon for mounted volumes. (Equivalent to
-icon in afpd.conf.)
(Later versions of Mac OS ignores this.)
defaultvolumesSpecifies that defaultvolumes
should be read for a list of default volumes to offer, instead of
AppleVolumes.default.
systemvolumesSpecifies that systemvolumes should
be read for a list of volume that all users will be offered, instead
of AppleVolumes.system.
Read the user's AppleVolumes file first.
This option causes volume names in the user's
AppleVolumes file to override volume names in
the system's AppleVolumes file. The default is
to read the system AppleVolumes file first.
Note that this option doesn't effect the precedence of filename
extension mappings: the user's AppleVolumes
file always has precedence.
nbpnameSpecifies that nbpname should be
used for NBP registration, instead of the first component of the
hostname in the local zone.
maxconnectionsSpecifies the maximum number of connections to allow for this instance of afpd. The default is 20.
guestSpecifies the name of the guest account. The default is 'nobody'.
pidfileSpecifies the file in which afpd stores its process id.
portSpecifies the port to register with when doing AFPoverTCP.
Defaults to 548. (Equivalent to -port in
afpd.conf.)
messageSpecifies the login message that will be sent to clients.
(Equivalent to -loginmsg in
afpd.conf.)
configfileSpecifies the configuration file to use.
uamsComma-separated list of UAMs to use for the authentication
process. (Equivalent to -uamlist in
afpd.conf.)
umaskUse this umask for the creation of
folders in Netatalk.
To shut down a user's afpd process it is recommended that SIGKILL (-9) NOT be used, except as a last resort, as this may leave the CNID database in an inconsistent state. The safe way to terminate an afpd is to send it a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it to die on its own.
SIGTERM and SIGUSR1 signals that are sent to the main afpd process are propagated to the children, so all will be affected.
Clean exit. Propagates from master to childs.
Send this to the master afpd, it will exit leaving all children running! Can be used to implement AFP service without downtime.
Sending a SIGHUP to afpd will cause it to reload its configuration files.
Sending a SIGINT to a child
afpd enables max_debug
logging for this process. The log is sent to fhe file
/tmp/afpd.PID.XXXXXX. Sending another
SIGINT will revert to the original log settings.
The afpd process will send the message "The server is going down for maintenance." to the client and shut itself down in 5 minutes. New connections are not allowed. If this is sent to a child afpd, the other children are not affected. However, the main process will still exit, disabling all new connections.
The afpd process will look in the message directory configured at build time for a file named message.pid. For each one found, a the contents will be sent as a message to the associated AFP client. The file is removed after the message is sent. This should only be sent to a child afpd.
afpd.confconfiguration file used by afpd
AppleVolumes.defaultlist of default volumes to mount
AppleVolumes.systemlist of volumes to offer all users
~/AppleVolumes, ~/.AppleVolumes, ~/applevolumes, ~/.applevolumesuser's list of volumes to mount
afp_signature.conflist of server signatures
afp_voluuid.conflist of UUID for Time Machine volumes
afp_ldap.confconfiguration file for LDAP and ACL support
msg/message.pidcontains messages to be sent to users.