Comments on: How to: Install Netatalk (AFP) on Ubuntu with Encrypted Authentication

By: The Ultimate Linux Mac Server using Ubuntu « nerdoftherings.net

The Ultimate Linux Mac Server using Ubuntu « nerdoftherings.net — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:51:24 +0000

[...] are plenty of other howtos on the web that have been created over time some examples are http://blog.damontimm.com/how-to-install-netatalk-afp-on-ubuntu-with-encrypted-authentication/ and http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/ If you [...]

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:41:07 +0000

Hi,

Many thanks to JET: I had the same problem with my two servers, and adding the signature solved it. I can now log to both systems at same time.

I had the /etc/hosts correctly configured, with hostname –short giving the servers’s name. This was not the cause of the problem.

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:56:39 +0000

Well - Netatalk is a piece of linux software for the machine serving the files over AFP on a network ... so, it won't help you when you are retrieving the files that are being served from a mac (which doesn't use netatalk). You'll need something else ... How are you connecting to your mac from Ubuntu? My guess is, the mac probably has Windows File Sharing enabled and you are connecting via SAMBA from Ubuntu ... there are some FUSE bindings which allow you to connect via AFP from Ubuntu (I use afpfs-ng with success) ... it's not as pretty and requires the command line but it works for me. Hope that helps.

By: rj

rj — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:47:44 +0000

Hi, great how-to. I followed your instructions and the Macs at home are able to connect to my ubuntu and browse their respective folders. I would like to know how do I connect to a mac from my ubuntu and view/edit their files using their login credentials.

My wife uses MS Excel workbooks and shares them across the local network. Other macs can access the workbooks and edits them without any problem. My ubuntu can access the file but do not have the permission to edit them simultaneously even though my username is inlcuded in the allowed list. I’m thinking it’s a permission issue. How do I use netatalk to get the right permissions?

Thanks for this great info.

By: Samantha Mathews

Samantha Mathews — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:59:56 +0000

Great guide Damon!
I’ve been looking for this for a long time.
Big thanks to you!

By: » Cómo instalar Netatalk (AFP) en un servidor Ubuntu Canal Apple

» Cómo instalar Netatalk (AFP) en un servidor Ubuntu Canal Apple — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:31:47 +0000

[...] que las Mac puedan acceder ficheros, las mejores instrucciones que he encontrado están en el blog damontimm.com originalmente publicada hace un par de [...]

By: Setting up a Linux server for OS X clients « Deepport.net

Setting up a Linux server for OS X clients « Deepport.net — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:51:23 +0000

[...] is very well described here: How to: Install Netatalk (AFP) on Ubuntu with Encrypted Authentication. Thanks [...]

By: jim

jim — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:10:55 +0000

2.04 beta 1 and 2 in the Jaunty repositories did not work for me, I had to use the above instructions, which worked fine in both cases.

By: matt

matt — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:44:20 +0000

Dude. You rock. Thanks for the article, nice to have AFP working.

By: Damon

Damon — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:29:10 +0000

Hey – I actually never had luck with Time Machine over netatalk myself … I only played with it a little, because I mainly use netatalk to serve all my files from a central file server … rather than as a backup for my Macs. Would be interested in seeing it implemented, though. But sorry: I don’t think I have what it takes, yet. Smile.