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The current Netatalk release series (2.x and 3.x) are finally in a good place where we have a modern and flexible build system, with fully functioning user authentication. I can finally pivot to what I wanted to do in the first place: consolidate the best of 2.x and 3.x into one Mac file sharing...

Netatalk 2.4.4 is available. This is yet again a build system bugfix release, working towards stabilizing Debian deb packaging. If Netatalk is working fine for you, take this is an optional upgrade. At this point, I consider the current Netatalk release series (2.4.x, 3.2.x) stable and "done"...

AFP in Synology hardware is indeed Netatalk under the hood. They used to be a big patch contributor to the project until they dropped AFP support some two years ago.

As the maintainer of Netatalk, I of course encourage you to give Netatalk ago, despite the perceived difficulty curve. :) If you have a spare Linux box or RPi sitting around, you can even spin up a pre-configured Docker container that... should "just work" out of the box with AppleTalk and...

I'm already publishing unofficial debs for Bookworm over at GitHub that you can sideload today. Actually getting Debian to distribute netatalk2 is a bit of a longer project... Getting attention and sponsorship is an uphill battle!

Version 2.4.3 is out now. This is mainly a Meson build system feature and bugfix release, as part of my effort to deliver Debian deb packaging of Netatalk. It fixes fun stuff such as Kerberos API checks, 64 bit architecture detection, library runpaths, pkgconfdir overrides, and support for...

From what I understand, the nature of the GPL license is that its copyleft provisions apply not just to code that you do static linking with, but also via dynamic linking. I haven't found any first hand legal write-up that describes this mechanism, though. Reading through the FSF's list of...

Continuing the saga of old-school encryption in Netatalk, we released version 2.4.2 today which addresses a licensing issue raised by the Debian project. As a result, we have reverted to relying on OpenSSL/LibreSSL with the bundled SSL provider... for the CAST algorithm only. This is only a...

Thanks for sharing your story! Enjoy your old school Mac file sharing.

Which guides did you try already, and where do you get stuck? What kinds of error messages are you seeing? The general flow is something like: Stop the old version of Netatalk first. (e.g. "sudo systemctl stop afpd atalkd"). Build and install the software. The Compile Netatalk manual appendix...

Netatalk 2.4.1 has been released today! It contains a patch for a published CVE vulnerability, so it's recommended to upgrade your 2.x deployment, especially if serves a public IP. We also restore support for SLP (Server Location Protocol) in the Meson build system, for those who you like to...

MacPorts has a netatalk port that you can try out. It's a little old, and might not work well on Apple Silicon, but it should do the job. If you have Docker Engine (Desktop) on you Mac you can pull and run an official Netatalk container. Compiling from source is still the recommended way. It's...

If your OS is up to date enough, I warmly suggests trying out the new Meson build system! And if your OS'es package manager is shipping a too old version of Meson (like.... say Solaris 11), you can try to install it with Python pip instead to get a newer version. We have a new Compile appendix...

The Netatalk team is proud to present version 2.4.0 of the venerable AFP file sharing suite. Grab the source code, or a Docker image, today! This version is primarily a future-proofing release, introducing the modern Meson build system, while integrating an embedded WolfSSL as the encryption...

From my own experience in the American tech industry, those “big picture” decisions do come fast and furious sometimes. I think Apple execs kept everyone oblivious it up until the last minute in case they want to change their minds. Killing off the IIGS without a successor was clearly the final...

I think the default icon originates with the AppleShare Client itself, not Netatalk. Netatalk 2.x has an afpd.conf option "-icon" (inversed as "-noicon") that gives you a custom Netatalk icon, namely the Netatalk mascot on a tray. :)

The Wikipedia article corroborates this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOPS_(file_server) Now I understand the purpose of the LocalTalk ISA card for IBM PC that I have in a drawer here. :)

I would bet AFPVersion is compiled into the binary machine code, rather than stored in the resource fork... As NJRoadfan says, when you authenticate a client with Netatalk you will get messages like this in the log (note level): afpd[97] {auth.c:228} (note:AFPDaemon): Login by atalk (AFP2.2)...

I found some pretty strong evidence in the documentation for AppleShare IP 5.0, specifically the text file named "AppleShare Client 3.7 Read Me": And, just above that paragraph, the readme also spells out the official AppleShare client compatibility matrix: - System Software 7.5.0 or earlier...

According to Apple's AFP Programming Guide, AFP 2.2 was the version of the protocol that officially introduced AFP over TCP. The same source suggests that AFP 2.1 was rolled out to support System 7.0 specifically. The first AppleShare server version with System 7.0 support was AppleShare 3.0...