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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:18:15 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:06:19 +0000

I tried this and my user name and password is refused everytime. I can telnet into the Ubuntu box just fine, it accepts my name and password. Is there another location that I have to set up access control?

By: Damien

Damien — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:16:27 +0000

Thanks for the update.

By: David

David — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:15:12 +0000

Great article but…. in Jaunty Jackelope this is not required. The repo version of netatalk works correctly.

sudo apt-get install netatalk

Just thought I would drop an update….

By: ANDY

ANDY — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:16:13 +0000

UBUNTU 9.04
MAC OS NOT YET KNOWN

Ran the commands with no errors mentioned in terminal [it did require install/choices with PostFix; I chose No Configuration. it created /etc/aliases that did not previously exist] Stuck at following:

sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk start
sudo: /etc/init.d/netatalk: command not found

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By: Sudarshan

Sudarshan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:30:28 +0000

Hi,

I tried following your instructions but when I type sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk on my Ubuntu box I keep getting:
E: Unable to find a source package for netatalk.

I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron and trying to share files with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.6.

Thanks.

By: melanopsis

melanopsis — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:55:42 +0000

For that, edit your sudoers list first. To do that;

sudo visudo

and add

%yourusername ALL=NOPASSWD:/etc/init.d/netatalk

save and quit

then in session preferences (system > preferences > sessions) create new startup program and add the following command

sudo /etc/init.d/netatalk start

that should do the trick

By: Seano

Seano — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:04:50 +0000

Is there any way to make netatalk start automatically every timeit boots?

By: Damien

Damien — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:28:39 +0000

The netatalk password is the same password you used to login to your Ubuntu, not the OSX password. Restart netatalk and try again.

By: cybrsrce

cybrsrce — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:42:34 +0000

That was it, Thanks. It is a lot simpler and smoother than nfs from the osx side.

By: linked

linked — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:38:43 +0000

Hello.
I really need help with this: it goes all fine until the moment I try to connect from OSX to my ubuntu box: It prompts for a password, I write it in the corresponding text box, but It just won’t connect… there’s no way I can log in.
How should I configure the netatalk password?
I’m about to hit my head against the wall already.. please, help!!!

By: cengek

cengek — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:58:58 +0000

I have tried and succeeded, but will be out in a folder that Mac OS is the home user.
what if I add a directory, for example, /mnt/data to share in the mac os.

thanks

By: bigdawgte

bigdawgte — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:38:09 +0000

I have been trying to use to get the xo to use the usb drive attached to my Apple Airport Extreme with little success so far. I finallly got shared folders (gnome network tools) properly installed and running fom the sd card, only to find that the AAE apparently will onlly support CIFS, not the generic Samba support offered therein. Using the instructions detailed here, I’ve been trying to install netatalk to communicate w/the AAE disk using AFP, but can’t get it to install. When I ‘apt-get source netatalk’, here is what happens:

olpc@OLPC:~/src/netatalk$ apt-get source netatalk
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
NOTICE: ‘netatalk’ packaging is maintained in the ‘Git’ version control system at:
git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/netatalk.git
Need to get 2021kB of source archives.
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe netatalk 2.0.3-9 (dsc)
Could not open file netatalk_2.0.3-9.dsc – open (13 Permission denied) [IP: xx.xxx.xx.xx xx]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe netatalk 2.0.3-9 (tar)
Could not open file netatalk_2.0.3.orig.tar.gz – open (13 Permission denied) [IP: xx.xxx.xx.xx xx]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe netatalk 2.0.3-9 (diff)
Could not open file netatalk_2.0.3-9.diff.gz – open (13 Permission denied) [IP: xx.xxx.xx.xx xx]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3-9.dsc Could not open file netatalk_2.0.3-9.dsc – open (13 Permission denied) [IP: xx.xxx.xx.xx xx]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3.orig.tar.gz Could not open file netatalk_2.0.3.orig.tar.gz – open (13 Permission denied) [IP: xx.xxx.xx.xx xx]
Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/n/netatalk/netatalk_2.0.3-9.diff.gz Could not open file netatalk_2.0.3-9.diff.gz – open (13 Permission denied) [IP: xx.xxx.xx.xx xx]
E: Failed to fetch some archives.

Can you tell why I am getting the Permission denied errors?

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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:50:56 +0000

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By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:25:33 +0000

@cybrsrce: Do you have VMware installed in your system? That could probably be the cause of the problem. If yes, go to /etc/netatalk/atalkd.conf and add the line eth0

By: cybrsrce

cybrsrce — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:12:51 +0000

Doesn’t build properly as an amd64 deb. I’ll check the build log and see where it went wrong later…

Install error:

Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): nbp_rgstr: Connection timed out
Can’t register localhost:Workstation@*
invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action “start” failed.
dpkg: error processing netatalk (–install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db …
Errors were encountered while processing:
netatalk
debi: debpkg -i failed