====== AFP For Linux File server ======

==== Install ====

  * Install the netatalk package
  ''yum install netatalk''
  * Configure the service for autostart
  '' chkconfig atalk on''

==== Configure the shares ====
  * Modify the configuration file ''vi /etc/atalk/AppleVolumes.default'' adding the shared directories. At the end of the file you can find a line with only the  **~** char, this means **share the homedir**. The format of the share is like this:

  /data/share1 "share1"
  /data/share2 "test"

  * /data/share1 (or /data/share2) is the path to the share on the server and share1 (or test) is the name shown on the Apple computer.
  * 
  
==== Configure User Access ====
  * Modify the file ''/etc/pam.d/netatalk'' this way:
  <code>
  #%PAM-1.0
  #auth       required    pam_unix.so
  #account    required    pam_unix.so 
  #password   required    pam_cracklib.so
  #password   required    pam_unix.so use_authtok
  #session    required    pam_unix.so 
  auth       include      system-auth
  account    required     pam_nologin.so
  account    include      system-auth
  password   include      system-auth
  session    include      system-auth
  session    required     pam_loginuid.so
  </code>

  * As you can see the default lines are commented out and others are placed instead. This configuration permit the use of the central authentication of the computer (/etc/passwd, Nis, Ldap, ecc).

==== The Service ====
  * start the service
  '' service atalk start''
  * Wait until all the atalk service are started and the try to connect from a Apple computer.
  * To connect from the client activate the finder menu and press the Apple+K key combination, on the dialog windows insert the name of the file server.