Netatalk 3.0 alpha1
The Netatalk development team is proud to announce the release of the first alpha version of the new major Netatalk release 3.0. This release is NOT intended for production systems.
Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP fileserver. A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server (AFP).
The suite contains:
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netatalk - the main server service controller
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afpd - the AFP file server daemin
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cnid_metad - the CNID database multiplexing daemon
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cnid_dbd - the CNID database daemon serving CNIDs for AFP volumes
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various supporting programs and utilities
Summary of major new features and enhancements in 3.0
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New ini style configuration file afp.conf which replaces all previous configuration files
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New default AppleDouble backend using filesytem Extended Attributes, conversion from AppleDouble v2 is done automatically on access
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New service controller process "netatalk" responsible for starting and restarting afpd and cnid_metad as necessary
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AppleTalk support has been removed
Please make sure to read the upgrading section in the Netatalk online manual before trying to upgrade your system to 3.0!
License
Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2). The full license text is available at:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
Changes in 3.0 alpha1
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NEW: Central configuration file afp.conf which replaces all previous files
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NEW: netatalk: service controller starting and restarting afpd and cnid_metad as necessary
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NEW: afpd: Extended Attributes AppleDouble backend (default)
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UPD: CNID databases are stored in $localstatedir/netatalk/CNID (default: /var/netatalk/CNID), databases found in AFP volumes are automatically moved
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UPD: Start scripts and service manifests have been changed to only start the new netatalk service controller process
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UPD: afpd: UNIX privileges and use dots enabled by default
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UPD: afpd: Support for arbitrary AFP volumes using variable expansion has been removed
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UPD: afpd: afp_voluuid.conf and afp_signature.conf location has been changed to $localstatedir/netatalk/ (default: /var/netatalk/)
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UPD: afpd: default server messages dir changed to $localstatedir/netatalk/msg/
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UPD: dbd: new option -C for conversion from AppleDouble v2 to ea
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REM: AppleTalk support has been removed
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REM: afpd: SLP and AFP proxy support have been removed
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REM: afpd: legacy file extension to type/creator mapping has been removed
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REM: afpd: AppleDouble backends v1, osx and sfm have been removed
Supported Platforms
As of Netatalk 3.0 the following operating systems are supported:
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FreeBSD
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Linux
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OpenBSD
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NetBSD
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[Open]Solaris
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:
Netatalk is also available via anonymous git. See the SourceForge project site for anonymous git instructions.
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.
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The Netatalk Development Team, March 2012
