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AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) is a proprietary network and file services protocol for Mac OS.

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Which file sharing protocol (SMB/AFS/NFS/SMB2/SMB3) is best for an mixed client environment within an ad?

I'm just setting up NAS (FreeNAS) with ZFS and was wondering which file sharing protocol / data transfer protocol is the best to use? Has anyone experiences? I guess i have a very typical business setup. I do have an Microsoft Active Directory…
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netatalk 3.0 wont start on ubuntu server

Netatalk 3.0 built from sources using ./configure --with-init-style=debian --enable-debian On startup i'm having troubles: Aug 09 01:30:11.415825 netatalk[15692] {netatalk.c:162} (N:AFPDaemon): Restarting 'afpd' (restarts: 363) Aug 09…
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FreeNAS AFP Doesn't Authenticate

I just set up a FreeNAS 8.0.3 server and am trying to use its AFP (Netatalk) service to access it via a Mac OS X Lion system. I created the ZFS volume, set its permissions to include my user in its owner group (and set group write permissions),…
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Netatalk and Snow Leopard Slow transfer speed

I have a simple setup of netatalk afp server on my OpenSolaris box. And I also have samba on that box. transfers from netatalk to my mac mini with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 go at speed 2-3 Mbytes/sec but transfers from the same server using samba peak at…
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Mac (10.6.4) AFP Share (Network Applications) permissions issue

I have a share point for the shared applications folder. This auto-mounts on clients correctly but when a file is created the permissions are such that the owner can't write to it (locally: root:wheel rw-r--r-- On the server: nobody:everyone…
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Using Bazaar (BZR) on AFP or SMB mounted server not wroking

Has anyone been able to get BZR working on a mounted AFT or SMB mounted share? I've tried both (The AFP volume is actually coming off an Xserver.) and neither work. I have BZR 2.0.0 and am running it on a Mac with 10.5. I keep getting an error…
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afpd[]: PAM audit_log_acct_message() failed: Operation not permitted

Im trying to debug this error in the /var/log/auth but I dont know where to look at. Jul 27 06:44:30 server afpd[6463]: PAM audit_log_acct_message() failed: Operation not permitted The syslog seems fine: Jul 27 06:43:39 server afpd[6463]: AFP3.3…
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How to mount an afp shared folder in Debian Linux as a volume?

I have some shared folders in my Mac that I wish to access from my Debian 10. I have researched some solutions to mount it as a volume, this will be good. I found Netatalk that seems powerful but the tutorials I saw was to turn my Debian into a Time…
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Prevent AFP share access over VPN connection?

I need to setup a restricted external access to file shares on the network. Thing is, there are some sensible files that require to be hidden when someone connects from the (eventual) VPN. Setup: Mac OS X server 10.5, up-to-date Open Directory +…
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What are the differences between Fail2Ban and BFD (Brute Force Detection)

I have used both Fail2Ban and BFD, typically I go with Fail2Ban on servers running IPTables, and BFD when servers are running APF. Are there any major differences between these 2 services? What are the strengths and Weaknesses between these 2…
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Automounted AFP home directories are owned by root (OS X Yosemite client, Linux Servers)

What I am trying to do but can't get to work I am trying to set up network users in Yosemite clients with their home directories on kerberised AFP. I am using automountd to have the home directories mounted under /home/username as soon as they are…
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3rd party software to connect to AFP protocol from Winbox?

Is there any Windows software that will allow me to use the Macintosh AFP protocol to connect to a server? I'm using Windows XP and Windows 7.
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FreeBSD: netatalk3 daemon keeps restarting

I set up a netatalk3 / afpd daemon on my FreeBSD server about half a year ago and used it as networked TimeMachine for my MacBook Pro. Pretty much fire and forget. Then, beginning of this month, I upgraded from version 3.1.2,1 to 3.1.7,1. From what…
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Are ACLs for share points in OS X 10.6 fixed

Share points are 'broken' in OS X 10.5 in that inherited write permissions always take precedence over ACLs at the sharepoint itself. OS X AFP shares and access Does anybody know if this is fixed in 10.6?
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Slow directory listing on remote ExtremeZ-IP/SMB windows file servers

I have Win2k8R2 file servers set up around the globe to distribute files using JAMF's Casper Suite to Mac OS X systems. However I've been noticing some very slow server responses lately. For example. From my terminal in the United states, I SSH to a…
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