AFPD(8) Netatalk 2.2 AFPD(8)NAMEafpd - Apple Filing Protocol daemon
SYNOPSISafpd [-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
DESCRIPTIONafpd provides an Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) interface to the Unix file
system. It is normally started at boot time from /etc/rc.
/etc/netatalk/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
/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.system and one of
/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default, ~/AppleVolumes, ~/.AppleVolumes,
~/applevolumes, or ~/.applevolumes. The AppleVolumes files is used to
specify volumes to mount and file name extension mappings.
OPTIONS-d
Specifies that the daemon should not fork. If netatalk has been
configured with --enable-debug1, a trace of all AFP commands will
be written to stdout.
-p
Prevents clients from saving their passwords. (Equivalent to
-nosavepasswd in afpd.conf.)
-t
Allows clients to change their passwords. (Equivalent to -setpasswd
in afpd.conf.)
-D
Use DDP (AppleTalk) as transport protocol. (Equivalent to -ddp in
afpd.cond.)
-T
Use TCP/IP as transport protocol. (Equivalent to -tcp in
afpd.conf.)
-v
Print version information and exit.
-V
Print verbose information and exit.
-h
Print help and exit.
-I
Use a platform specific icon. (Equivalent to -icon in afpd.conf.)
(Recent Mac OS don´t display it.)
-f defaultvolumes
Specifies that defaultvolumes should be read for a list of default
volumes to offer, instead of /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default.
-s systemvolumes
Specifies that systemvolumes should be read for a list of volume
that all users will be offered, instead of
/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.system.
-u
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
precendence of filename extension mappings: the user´s AppleVolumes
file always has precedence.
-n nbpname
Specifies that nbpname should be used for NBP registration, instead
of the first component of the hostname in the local zone.
-c maxconnections
Specifies the maximum number of connections to allow for this afpd.
The default is 20.
-g guest
Specifies the name of the guest account. The default is ´nobody´.
-P pidfile
Specifies the file in which afpd stores its process id.
-S port
Specifies the port to register with when doing AFPoverTCP. Defaults
to 548. (Equivalent to -port in afpd.conf.)
-L message
Specifies the login message that will be sent to clients.
(Equivalent to -loginmsg in afpd.conf.)
-F configfile
Specifies the configuration file to use. (Defaults to
/etc/netatalk/netatalk/afpd.conf.)
-U uams
Comma-separated list of UAMs to use for the authentication process.
(Equivalent to -uamlist in afpd.conf.)
-m umask
Use this umask for the creation of folders in Netatalk.
SIGNALS
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.
SIGTERM
Clean exit. Propagates from master to childs.
SIGQUIT
Send this to the master afpd, it will exit leaving all children
running! Can be used to implement AFP service without downtime.
SIGHUP
Sending a SIGHUP to afpd will cause it to reload its configuration
files.
SIGINT
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.
SIGUSR1
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.
SIGUSR2
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.
FILES
/etc/netatalk/afpd.conf
configuration file used by afpd
/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default
list of default volumes to mount
/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.system
list of volumes to offer all users
~/AppleVolumes, ~/.AppleVolumes, ~/applevolumes, ~/.applevolumes
user´s list of volumes to mount
/etc/netatalk/afp_signature.conf
list of server signature
/etc/netatalk/afp_voluuid.conf
list of UUID for Time Machine volume
/etc/netatalk/afp_ldap.conf
configuration file for LDAP and ACL support
/etc/netatalk/msg/message.pid
contains messages to be sent to users.
BUGSSEE ALSOhosts_access(5), afpd.conf(5), AppleVolumes.default(5),
afp_signature.conf(5), afp_voluuid.conf(5), afp_ldap.conf(5), dbd(1).
Netatalk 2.2 08 Mar 2011 AFPD(8)
