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NetAFP Netatalk 2.2.2-p3 is available

NetAFP — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:42:46 +0000

Changes:

FIX: afpd: Fix regression introduced by previous IPC fds fix in 2.2.2-p2

NetAFP Netatalk 2.2.2-p2 is available

NetAFP — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:18:35 +0000

Changes:

FIX: afpd: Close IPC fds in afpd session child inherited from the afpd master process

NetAFP Netatalk 3.0 alpha3 is available

NetAFP — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:32:25 +0000

Changes:

NEW: afpd: Per volume “login message”, NetAFP bug ID #18 NEW: afpd: Cross-platform locking (share modes) on Solaris and derivates with Solaris CIFS/SMB server. Uses new Solaris fcntl F_SHARE share reservation locking primitives. Enabled by default, set global ”solaris share reservations” option to false to disable it. NEW: ad: ad set subcommand for changing Mac metadata on [...]

[TN#009] Netatalk and ZFS nbmand property

NetAFP — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:45:38 +0000

Running the Netatalk test-suite with a volume on a ZFS set with ZFS property nbmand set to on causes nearly all tests to fail. The reason is (and it’s something Oracle hides well under the covers): it changes UNIX/POSIX semantics up to a point that compliant applications fail left and right.

We’ve written and attached a small [...]

Netatalk 2.2.2-p1 is available

NetAFP — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:15:10 +0000

Changes:

* UPD: afpd: Store '.' as is and '/' as ':' on the server, don't CAP hexencode as "2e" and "2f" respectively * UPD: afdp: Automatic name conversion, renaming files and directories containing CAP sequences to their not enscaped forms * UPD: afpd: Correct handling of user homes and users without homes * UPD: [...]

Netatalk 3: the end of AppleDouble

NetAFP — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:35:00 +0000

Finally we will get rid (Linux: mostly, ZFS: completely) of AppleDouble files and folders.

It’s still work and progress and quite some time before a release is ready, but for anybody who’s interested here’s a sheet where we write up about the changes: Google Doc.

Update:
we’ve released Netatalk 3.0 alpha1 on

[TN#008] Limiting the available size of Time Machine volumes

NetAFP — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:28:55 +0000

With the help of a Netatalk configuration option (volsizelimit) it is possible to limit the available space of AFP shares.

The implementation of this feature received an important change in the release of Netatalk 2.2.1-p7, such that it is now not supported to store any other data besides the Time Machine backupdata on these AFP shares.

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[TN#007] Announcing remote Netatalk AFP servers with Avahi

NetAFP — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:44:28 +0000

Let’s assume that we are advertising for a Netatalk server at IP address 192.168.1.100, named “Netatalk-Server”.

First off, let’s create a hosts entry for Avahi in the /etc/avahi/hosts file:

192.168.1.100 Netatalk-Server.local

You’ll always want to use the .local domain for Mac OS X compatibility. Even if you have a FQDN, use .local

Next, we need [...]

Status of Netatalk and AFP support by NAS vendor, update

NetAFP — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:41:55 +0000

Apparently all NAS vendors have updated to Netatalk 2.2.x for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion compatibility.

So now it’s up to you whether you want to go for a vendor that funds and supports (Drobo, Lacie, Netgear, QNAP, Thecus) Netatalk development or with one of the others.

If you want to run your [...]

[TN#005] 10.7 LION, Time Machine and Netatalk/AFP

NetAFP — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:19:52 +0000

The state of Apple’s Time Machine in Lion

Affected Operating Systems:

Mac OS X Lion 10.7.0 Mac OS X Lion 10.7.1

Time Machine Symptoms:

TM reports backup verification failed and wants to restart from scratch TM restore not working TM process “Prepare Backup” takes longer than expected TM reports incorrectly the amount of time left [...]