Linux AppleTalk Server setup

[ipguy]

Hi all

 

If anyone here is running a Linux server at home and are also interested in setting up a file server for there hackingtosh (yes you can do it with samba), read on.

On my fedora core 6 server I simply did this.

 

On the Linux server...

 

type "yum install netatalk"

type "service atalk start"

type "touch /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service"

edit /etc/avahi/services/afpd.service and add...

 

<?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>

 

You should now see the hostname of your linux server listed in the Mac OS X finder

Now setup an account on your Fedora box and your OSX will be able to connect with the username and password you created.

 

To easy !