Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Time Machine and netatalk

On Feb 26, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Heiko Zuerker wrote:

> Stuart,
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> OOOOPS!
> I checked and it seems like I forgot to enable netatalk in the build configuration.
> I fixed it in CVS and I’ll upload the nightly build tomorrow to our testing directory, if it compiles successfully.

Gosh, that was fast!

I probably won't get to try it until this weekend, but I'll let you know how I come out.

Thank you very much!

stuart


> Best Regards
>  Heiko Zuerker
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> From: Stuart Hastings [mailto:st...@ha...] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:05 PM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Time Machine and netatalk
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> Hello DL Community!
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> Devil-Linux 1.6.3 brings lots of software updates, in addition to support
> for being a file and backup server for Apple computers.
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> I was very pleased to hear about the support for Apple computer backups. I'm presuming this means support for Apple's proprietary "Time Machine" facility.
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> I've looked into adding this to my own DL box, and the preferred Linux setup seems to be netatalk plus avahi.
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> On my DL 1.6.3 system, I can see the avahi support, but I haven't been able to find netatalk.
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> What am I missing? Does DL 1.6.3 include netatalk/afpd? Am I obliged to configure and build DL myself to get netatalk, or perhaps am I supposed to use samba or nfs instead?
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> Or perhaps I am utterly confused, and the quoted email above is referring to bacula?
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> Thank you in advance,
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> stuart
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