Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk

childofdust · 11:39 AM

This might already exist somewhere, or in numerous pieces on the forum, but I thought I would write up a brief explanation of how to get your Ubuntu box sharing home folders with your Mac OS X box. I decided to use the native networking protocol AFP (over tcp) and advertise using zeroconf so I had a more seamless networking environment. I use Ubuntu as a simple server and would like to access my home directory from time to time. While I did find all of the pieces to do this between here, other forums, and a wiki, I thought it would be nice to have a simple all in one post that covered it all. Pardon me if there is already something like it. My installation of Ubuntu is Edgy running 2.6.17-10-powerpc (running on a mac mini). I would assume that you could do the very same on the x86 version as well. If someone reads this and has luck with it, please let me know.

First things first, in order to get AFP working, you'll need to install netatalk. Now, the problem here is that netatalk as stored in the repositories does not have the proper plugin to facilitate encrypted passwords, so on the Mac side of things it will nag you about sending passwords in the clear. We'll get by that pretty easily though by building the package ourselves. Also, you need to make sure that you have the universe repositories available for the distribution. Hop into the command line and from your home directory enter these commands:

Code:

sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk
sudo apt-get install cracklib2-dev fakeroot libssl-dev
sudo apt-get source netatalk
cd netatalk-2.0.3/
sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
sudo dpkg -i ~/netatalk_2.0.3-4_i386.deb

Now that we have it installed, we want to make sure that dpkg does not overwrite our changes, so we run the command:

Code:

echo "netatalk hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections

Netatalk should be installed, so we just need to share out the home directories.

Code:

nano /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf

Type this line into the file and save:

Code:

- -noddp -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so

Now we need to create the file that directs netatalk to what we want shared.

Code:

nano /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default

Type this into the file and save. This shares each users home directory

Code:

Now just restarts the daemon and all is well.

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart

All of this is well and good, but what if we want to make this more seamless we need to advertise the shared directory so that we can see it in Finder. To do this, I decided to use Avahi so I could keep everything close to the way OS X does things with zeroconf. First we install the daemon:

Code:

sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon

That's really all you need to do to get things up and running, but maybe you're like me and want to be able to ping in both directions. If so, what you need to do is install a library to enable mDNS. These next few steps are optional, but useful if you plan on mounting shares on the Ubuntu side of things.

Code:

sudo apt-get install libnss-mdns

Also, we need to add mdns as a valid means for host lookup.

Code:

sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf

find the line with label "hosts:" (probably line 12) and add mdns to the end so that it reads:

Code:

hosts:files dns mdns

Now that we have avahi working both ways and set up correctly, we need to advertise that we are running an AFP service on our machine. To do that:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service

Now just paste / type out what you see below:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>

  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_afpovertcp._tcp</type>
    <port>548</port>
  </service>

</service-group>

Save the file and then restart the avahi daemon.

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart

When your network catches up to you, and it might take a few minutes, you should see your newly shared out home directories in the Mac OS X finder. The last thing we need to do is load avahi at boot. To do this, just:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/default/avahi-daemon

and change

Code:

AVAHI_DAEMON_START=0 to AVAHI_DAEMON_START=1

If you run into problems setting up Avahi, you can always go to:
Ubuntu Wiki on Zeroconf Hope this helps out someone! I apologize for my ridiculous use of the code tag.

MaXqUE

hello:

LIne 6 in the first code window should be:

Code:

 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl sudo dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

dpkg-buildpackage will fail without a sudo in that line.

Thanks for posting this though, it is a life save!

Cheers,
MaXqUE

MaXqUE

Hello:

There seems to be a problem with the gpg keys for this code. This is the last lines of the netatlk compile .. looks like it failed trying to confirm the signature:

Code:

 dh_strip -pnetatalk  
dh_compress -pnetatalk  
dh_fixperms -pnetatalk  
dh_makeshlibs -pnetatalk  
dh_installdeb -pnetatalk 
dh_perl -pnetatalk 
dh_shlibdeps -pnetatalk    
dh_gencontrol -pnetatalk -- -Vssl:Recommends=", cracklib-runtime, libpam-cracklib"
dpkg-gencontrol: warning: unknown substitution variable ${misc:Depends}
dh_md5sums -pnetatalk 
dh_builddeb -pnetatalk 
dpkg-deb: building package `netatalk' in `../netatalk_2.0.3-4_i386.deb'.
tar: -: file name read contains nul character
 signfile netatalk_2.0.3-4.dsc
gpg: keyring `/home/katatak/.gnupg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: skipped "Sebastian Rittau <srittau@debian.org>": secret key not available
gpg: [stdin]: clearsign failed: secret key not available

 dpkg-genchanges
dpkg-genchanges: not including original source code in upload
dpkg-buildpackage: binary and diff upload (original source NOT included)
(WARNING: Failed to sign .dsc and .changes file)

grrrr .. more gpg signature problems!

Cheers,
MaXqUE

rbarrimond · 11:31 PM

Thank You!

Just a quick update. To publish the afpd service your path and file name were incorrect. It should be:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service

Once I made that change. Everything went peachy!

helbro

Hi kids...

I am successfully running Netatalk (on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron) with MacOSX 10.5 Leopard

I had some problems setting it up (Netatalk, avahi-daemon, and mdns). I have finally figured out all that needs to be done, and I thought I'd share it with you guys in the hopes of saving someone else the work of figuring out.

I should say that I am not even sure if other people have the same difficulties I had, but for what it's worth:

It is my understandning that Netatalk 2.0.3-7 (in the Hardy repos) are non-functional. There is a fix .diff you could apply, though I chose to run th the newer (though experimental) version: 2.0.3-8.

These following steps are very similar to the original posters, this is not verbose, and it doesnt have to be. copy - paste...

Code:

mkdir -p ~/src/netatalk
cd ~/src/netatalk
sudo aptitude install devscripts cracklib2-dev dpkg-dev libssl-dev build-essential
sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3.orig.tar.gz
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3-8.diff.gz 
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3-8.dsc
dpkg-source -x ./netatalk_2.0.3-8.dsc
cd netatalk-2.0.3
sudo su
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
debi
exit
echo "netatalk hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
echo userpassword > ~/.passwd
chmod 600 ~/.passwd

Ok, at this point, you have downloaded, built netatalk (with ssl-support) , and installed it onto your system. Thats fine.

now you have to tweak / att a few files:

fix /ets/netatalk/afpd.conf

Code:

sudo vim /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf

Add this at the bottom:

Code:

- -transall -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so -nosavepassword

OPTIONAL: If you are like me, and you want to share files only (not time server, printer servers and so on). This will speed up the starting and restarting of the services a lot! Edit: /etc/default/netatalk

Code:

sudo vim /etc/default/netatalk

Change this:

Code:

ATALKD_RUN=yes
PAPD_RUN=yes
CNID_METAD_RUN=no
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=no
A2BOOT_RUN=no

to this:

Code:

ATALKD_RUN=no
PAPD_RUN=no
CNID_METAD_RUN=no
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=no
A2BOOT_RUN=no

restart netatalk:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart

Install and conf avahi-daemon (with mdns). Again. This is very similar to the original poster. Refer to the first post of this thread for a more verbose instruction:

Code:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall avahi-daemon; sudo dpkg-reconfigure avahi-daemon
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libnss-mdns; sudo dpkg-reconfigure libnss-mdns

edit /ets/nsswitch.conf

Code:

sudo vim /etc/nsswitch.conf

At the end of the line that starts with "hosts:" add mdns. Mine reads:

Code:

hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 mdns

Add the file /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service:

Code:

sudo vim /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service

paste this in it:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>

  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_afpovertcp._tcp</type>
    <port>548</port>
  </service>

</service-group>

OPTIONAL: If you want to be able do Screen Sharing from clicking in the Finder side-bar, do this:

Code:

vino-preferences

Modify the preferences:

Under General:

Code:

Check: "Allow other users to view your desktop"
Check: "Allow other users to control your desktop"
Uncheck: "Ask for your confirmation"
Check: "Require the user to enter this password" --> Preferably the same password as your users login-password.

Under Advanced:

Code:

Uncheck: "Only local connections"
Check: "Use an alternate port:" Enter 5901
Uncheck: "Require Encryption" (I havent gotten this to work with Leopard)
Uncheck: "Lock screen on disconnect"
Choose: Only Display an icon when there is someone connected

Close the dialog box to save the settings.

Add the avahi service file:

Code:

sudo vim /etc/avahi/services/rfb.service

Paste this into the empty file:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>

  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_rfb._tcp</type>
    <port>5901</port>
  </service>

</service-group>

Make sure the avahi daemon starts on system restart:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/default/avahi-daemon

make sure it says:

Code:

AVAHI_DAEMON_START=1

Restart avahi-daemon:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart

Now everything should be working. Although, this is where it started to become a little weird for me. I found the linux-server in my Finder side-bar under "Shared". However, instead of just showing the services that we set up ourselves, it is also showing one that says the IP address of the server (which is ugly and disgusting), and one that says "[user]'s remote desktop on [host]" in my case: "nicke's remote desktop on hank". It took me a while to figure out how to get rid of these two while leaving the ones we defined intact:

Here is how:

edit /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf:

Code:

sudo vim /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf

change

Code:

#enable-dbus=yes

to:

Code:

enable-dbus=no

*Please note that you are not only changing "yes" to "no", you are also uncommenting the line to make it active.

That is about it. Now just restart both Netatalk and avahi-daemon to make sure that they read in all the new config files:

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart; sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart

You should be good to go.

Hope this helped someone.

Here are some screen shots to show yout what I mean by the "IP address" showing up.

cheers .n

Eiríkr

For those looking to share via NFS instead of AFP, but still want that zeroconf automagic goodness, have a look at this post over here.

Cheers,

Eiríkr

Auryn

I encountered the same problem as helbro when setting up a Netatalk server with Hardy on my LAN last night. The Finder on my Macs would show a share entry for both the server name and the server IP address. I figured out the problem was that Netatalk has been patched to automatically register itself with Avahi, resulting in the automatic entry as well at the manual entry entered into /etc/avahi/services.

For some reason the automatic Avahi entry uses the IP address label instead of the hostname. Since the manual entry works better, I just had to add

Code:

-nozeroconf

to the options given in /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf rather than switching off DBUS completely in the Avahi config.

I also couldn't be bothered compiling a new version of Netatalk with encryption built in since I'm only using AFP on my home LAN, so I just installed the latest Debian 2.0.3-8 package instead which seems to work fine on Hardy and fixes the bug in the current package that helbro mentioned.

I did discover though that Leopard now disables unencrypted AFP connections by default. I fixed this with the help of http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...71028025409750 by entering

Code:

$ defaults write com.apple.AppleShareClient "afp_cleartext_allow" -bool YES
$ defaults write com.apple.AppleShareClient "afp_cleartext_warn" -bool YES

from the terminal and everything seems to work fine now. I don't get cleartext warnings from Leopard even with the option set though for some reason.

supermac · 07:14 AM

Hi!

[quote=childofdust;2067696]

Code:

sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

Only gives me this:

Code:

~/netatalk-2.0.3$ sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
sudo: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl: command not found

Anyone know the solution to this?

Nevermind, solved it!

helbro

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auryn

I encountered the same problem as helbro when setting up a Netatalk server with Hardy on my LAN last night. The Finder on my Macs would show a share entry for both the server name and the server IP address. I figured out the problem was that Netatalk has been patched to automatically register itself with Avahi, resulting in the automatic entry as well at the manual entry entered into /etc/avahi/services.

For some reason the automatic Avahi entry uses the IP address label instead of the hostname. Since the manual entry works better, I just had to add

Code:

-nozeroconf

to the options given in /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf rather than switching off DBUS completely in the Avahi config.

@Auryn: I tried your suggestion to put -nozeroconf, and it does remove the IP-address entry, however I am left with the ones i appointed myself + one that says: "my screensharing on hank."

If someone doesn't have a way to remove this without disabling dbus, Im left with no choice..

what does dbus do anyway? I haven't really noticed any lack of functionality without it...

sincerely,

Niclas

FoolsRun

Disabling dbus stops services from registering themselves with Avahi. Services like CUPS, which I'm using to share my printers.

As such, disabling dbus is not an option for me, however adding -nozeroconf to afpd.conf does not remove the IP address entry from my Finder.

Could this have to do with the manual compile of netatalk? I'm at a loss for why my finder still shows both the hostname and the IP address as separate entries.

January 26th, 2007	#1
childofdust First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2006 My beans are hidden!	Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk This might already exist somewhere, or in numerous pieces on the forum, but I thought I would write up a brief explanation of how to get your Ubuntu box sharing home folders with your Mac OS X box. I decided to use the native networking protocol AFP (over tcp) and advertise using zeroconf so I had a more seamless networking environment. I use Ubuntu as a simple server and would like to access my home directory from time to time. While I did find all of the pieces to do this between here, other forums, and a wiki, I thought it would be nice to have a simple all in one post that covered it all. Pardon me if there is already something like it. My installation of Ubuntu is Edgy running 2.6.17-10-powerpc (running on a mac mini). I would assume that you could do the very same on the x86 version as well. If someone reads this and has luck with it, please let me know. First things first, in order to get AFP working, you'll need to install netatalk. Now, the problem here is that netatalk as stored in the repositories does not have the proper plugin to facilitate encrypted passwords, so on the Mac side of things it will nag you about sending passwords in the clear. We'll get by that pretty easily though by building the package ourselves. Also, you need to make sure that you have the universe repositories available for the distribution. Hop into the command line and from your home directory enter these commands: Code: sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk sudo apt-get install cracklib2-dev fakeroot libssl-dev sudo apt-get source netatalk cd netatalk-2.0.3/ sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot sudo dpkg -i ~/netatalk_2.0.3-4_i386.deb Now that we have it installed, we want to make sure that dpkg does not overwrite our changes, so we run the command: Code: echo "netatalk hold" \| sudo dpkg --set-selections Netatalk should be installed, so we just need to share out the home directories. Code: nano /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf Type this line into the file and save: Code: - -noddp -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so Now we need to create the file that directs netatalk to what we want shared. Code: nano /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default Type this into the file and save. This shares each users home directory Code: ~ Now just restarts the daemon and all is well. Code: sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart All of this is well and good, but what if we want to make this more seamless we need to advertise the shared directory so that we can see it in Finder. To do this, I decided to use Avahi so I could keep everything close to the way OS X does things with zeroconf. First we install the daemon: Code: sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon That's really all you need to do to get things up and running, but maybe you're like me and want to be able to ping in both directions. If so, what you need to do is install a library to enable mDNS. These next few steps are optional, but useful if you plan on mounting shares on the Ubuntu side of things. Code: sudo apt-get install libnss-mdns Also, we need to add mdns as a valid means for host lookup. Code: sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf find the line with label "hosts:" (probably line 12) and add mdns to the end so that it reads: Code: hosts: files dns mdns Now that we have avahi working both ways and set up correctly, we need to advertise that we are running an AFP service on our machine. To do that: Code: sudo nano /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service Now just paste / type out what you see below: Code: <?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!---nxml---> <!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd"> <service-group> <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name> <service> <type>_afpovertcp._tcp</type> <port>548</port> </service> </service-group> Save the file and then restart the avahi daemon. Code: sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart When your network catches up to you, and it might take a few minutes, you should see your newly shared out home directories in the Mac OS X finder. The last thing we need to do is load avahi at boot. To do this, just: Code: sudo nano /etc/default/avahi-daemon and change Code: AVAHI_DAEMON_START=0 to AVAHI_DAEMON_START=1 If you run into problems setting up Avahi, you can always go to: Ubuntu Wiki on Zeroconf Hope this helps out someone! I apologize for my ridiculous use of the code tag. Last edited by childofdust; March 13th, 2007 at 11:39 AM..

February 13th, 2007	#2
MaXqUE 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Feb 2007 Beans: 33	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk hello: LIne 6 in the first code window should be: Code: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl sudo dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot dpkg-buildpackage will fail without a sudo in that line. Thanks for posting this though, it is a life save! Cheers, MaXqUE

March 6th, 2007	#4
rbarrimond First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Mar 2007 Beans: 7 Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk Thank You! Just a quick update. To publish the afpd service your path and file name were incorrect. It should be: Code: sudo nano /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service Once I made that change. Everything went peachy! Last edited by rbarrimond; March 6th, 2007 at 11:31 PM.. Reason: Updating typo for afpd Bonjour publishing

April 1st, 2008	#5
helbro First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California Beans: 3 Hardy Heron (Ubuntu Development)	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk Hi kids... I am successfully running Netatalk (on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron) with MacOSX 10.5 Leopard I had some problems setting it up (Netatalk, avahi-daemon, and mdns). I have finally figured out all that needs to be done, and I thought I'd share it with you guys in the hopes of saving someone else the work of figuring out. I should say that I am not even sure if other people have the same difficulties I had, but for what it's worth: It is my understandning that Netatalk 2.0.3-7 (in the Hardy repos) are non-functional. There is a fix .diff you could apply, though I chose to run th the newer (though experimental) version: 2.0.3-8. These following steps are very similar to the original posters, this is not verbose, and it doesnt have to be. copy - paste... Code: mkdir -p ~/src/netatalk cd ~/src/netatalk sudo aptitude install devscripts cracklib2-dev dpkg-dev libssl-dev build-essential sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3.orig.tar.gz wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3-8.diff.gz wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3-8.dsc dpkg-source -x ./netatalk_2.0.3-8.dsc cd netatalk-2.0.3 sudo su DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc debi exit echo "netatalk hold" \| sudo dpkg --set-selections echo userpassword > ~/.passwd chmod 600 ~/.passwd Ok, at this point, you have downloaded, built netatalk (with ssl-support) , and installed it onto your system. Thats fine. now you have to tweak / att a few files: fix /ets/netatalk/afpd.conf Code: sudo vim /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf Add this at the bottom: Code: - -transall -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so -nosavepassword OPTIONAL: If you are like me, and you want to share files only (not time server, printer servers and so on). This will speed up the starting and restarting of the services a lot! Edit: /etc/default/netatalk Code: sudo vim /etc/default/netatalk Change this: Code: ATALKD_RUN=yes PAPD_RUN=yes CNID_METAD_RUN=no AFPD_RUN=yes TIMELORD_RUN=no A2BOOT_RUN=no to this: Code: ATALKD_RUN=no PAPD_RUN=no CNID_METAD_RUN=no AFPD_RUN=yes TIMELORD_RUN=no A2BOOT_RUN=no restart netatalk: Code: sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart Install and conf avahi-daemon (with mdns). Again. This is very similar to the original poster. Refer to the first post of this thread for a more verbose instruction: Code: sudo apt-get install --reinstall avahi-daemon; sudo dpkg-reconfigure avahi-daemon sudo apt-get install --reinstall libnss-mdns; sudo dpkg-reconfigure libnss-mdns edit /ets/nsswitch.conf Code: sudo vim /etc/nsswitch.conf At the end of the line that starts with "hosts:" add mdns. Mine reads: Code: hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 mdns Add the file /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service: Code: sudo vim /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service paste this in it: Code: <?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!---nxml---> <!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd"> <service-group> <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name> <service> <type>_afpovertcp._tcp</type> <port>548</port> </service> </service-group> OPTIONAL: If you want to be able do Screen Sharing from clicking in the Finder side-bar, do this: Code: vino-preferences Modify the preferences: Under General: Code: Check: "Allow other users to view your desktop" Check: "Allow other users to control your desktop" Uncheck: "Ask for your confirmation" Check: "Require the user to enter this password" --> Preferably the same password as your users login-password. Under Advanced: Code: Uncheck: "Only local connections" Check: "Use an alternate port:" Enter 5901 Uncheck: "Require Encryption" (I havent gotten this to work with Leopard) Uncheck: "Lock screen on disconnect" Choose: Only Display an icon when there is someone connected Close the dialog box to save the settings. Add the avahi service file: Code: sudo vim /etc/avahi/services/rfb.service Paste this into the empty file: Code: <?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!---nxml---> <!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd"> <service-group> <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name> <service> <type>_rfb._tcp</type> <port>5901</port> </service> </service-group> Make sure the avahi daemon starts on system restart: Code: sudo nano /etc/default/avahi-daemon make sure it says: Code: AVAHI_DAEMON_START=1 Restart avahi-daemon: Code: sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart Now everything should be working. Although, this is where it started to become a little weird for me. I found the linux-server in my Finder side-bar under "Shared". However, instead of just showing the services that we set up ourselves, it is also showing one that says the IP address of the server (which is ugly and disgusting), and one that says "[user]'s remote desktop on [host]" in my case: "nicke's remote desktop on hank". It took me a while to figure out how to get rid of these two while leaving the ones we defined intact: Here is how: edit /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf: Code: sudo vim /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf change Code: #enable-dbus=yes to: Code: enable-dbus=no *Please note that you are not only changing "yes" to "no", you are also uncommenting the line to make it active. That is about it. Now just restart both Netatalk and avahi-daemon to make sure that they read in all the new config files: Code: sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk restart; sudo /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart You should be good to go. Hope this helped someone. Here are some screen shots to show yout what I mean by the "IP address" showing up. cheers .n Attached Thumbnails

April 1st, 2008	#6
Eiríkr Extra Foam Sugar Free Ubuntu Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Juan Islands, WA Beans: 772 Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk For those looking to share via NFS instead of AFP, but still want that zeroconf automagic goodness, have a look at this post over here. Cheers, Eiríkr

April 3rd, 2008	#7
Auryn First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Australia My beans are hidden! Hardy Heron (Ubuntu Development)	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk I encountered the same problem as helbro when setting up a Netatalk server with Hardy on my LAN last night. The Finder on my Macs would show a share entry for both the server name and the server IP address. I figured out the problem was that Netatalk has been patched to automatically register itself with Avahi, resulting in the automatic entry as well at the manual entry entered into /etc/avahi/services. For some reason the automatic Avahi entry uses the IP address label instead of the hostname. Since the manual entry works better, I just had to add Code: -nozeroconf to the options given in /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf rather than switching off DBUS completely in the Avahi config. I also couldn't be bothered compiling a new version of Netatalk with encryption built in since I'm only using AFP on my home LAN, so I just installed the latest Debian 2.0.3-8 package instead which seems to work fine on Hardy and fixes the bug in the current package that helbro mentioned. I did discover though that Leopard now disables unencrypted AFP connections by default. I fixed this with the help of http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...71028025409750 by entering Code: $ defaults write com.apple.AppleShareClient "afp_cleartext_allow" -bool YES $ defaults write com.apple.AppleShareClient "afp_cleartext_warn" -bool YES from the terminal and everything seems to work fine now. I don't get cleartext warnings from Leopard even with the option set though for some reason.

April 6th, 2008	#8
supermac First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Apr 2008 Beans: 1	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk Hi! [quote=childofdust;2067696] Code: sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot Only gives me this: Code: ~/netatalk-2.0.3$ sudo DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot sudo: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl: command not found Anyone know the solution to this? Nevermind, solved it! Last edited by supermac; April 6th, 2008 at 07:14 AM..

April 15th, 2008	#10
FoolsRun 5 Cups of Ubuntu Join Date: Feb 2008 Beans: 20	Re: Sharing and Advertising Ubuntu with Avahi and Netatalk Disabling dbus stops services from registering themselves with Avahi. Services like CUPS, which I'm using to share my printers. As such, disabling dbus is not an option for me, however adding -nozeroconf to afpd.conf does not remove the IP address entry from my Finder. Could this have to do with the manual compile of netatalk? I'm at a loss for why my finder still shows both the hostname and the IP address as separate entries.

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