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+<refentry id="netatalk.8">
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>netatalk</refentrytitle>
+
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+
+ <refmiscinfo class="date">22 Mar 2012</refmiscinfo>
+
+ <refmiscinfo class="source">:NETATALK_VERSION:</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>netatalk</refname>
+
+ <refpurpose>Netatalk AFP server service controller daemon</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>netatalk<indexterm>
+ <primary>netatalk</primary>
+ </indexterm></command>
+
+ <sbr />
+
+ <command>netatalk<indexterm>
+ <primary>netatalk</primary>
+ </indexterm></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>netatalk</command> is the service controller daemon
+ responsible for starting and restarting the AFP daemon
+ <command>afpd</command> and the CNID daemon <command>cnid_metad</command>.
+ It is normally started at boot time from /etc/rc.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SIGNALS</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SIGTERM</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Stop Netatalk service, AFP and CNID daemons</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>SIGHUP</term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Sending a <command>SIGHUP</command> will cause the AFP daemon
+ reload its configuration file.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>FILES</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><filename>:ETCDIR:/afp.conf</filename></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>configuration file used by afpd and cnid_metad</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+
+ <para><citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>afpd</refentrytitle>
+
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>cnid_metad</refentrytitle>
+
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>, <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>afp.conf</refentrytitle>
+
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>