1 Information for Netatalk 2.0.4 Developers
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4 For basic installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.
6 Netatalk is an implementation of the AppleTalk Protocol Suite and
7 the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP). The current release contains support
8 for EtherTalk Phase I and II, DDP, RTMP, NBP, ZIP, AEP, ATP, PAP, ASP
9 and AFP. The complete stack looks like this on a BSD-derived system:
15 ATP RTMP NBP ZIP AEP |
17 -+---------------------------------------------------+- (kernel boundary)
19 +-----------------------+------------+--------------+
21 | DDP +------------+--------------+
23 +-----------------------+---------------------------+
25 +---------------------------------------------------+
27 DDP is in the kernel. "atalkd" implements RTMP, NBP, ZIP, and AEP. It
28 is the AppleTalk equivalent of Unix "routed". There is also a
29 client-stub library for NBP. ATP and ASP are implemented as
30 libraries. "papd" allows Macs to spool to "lpd", and "pap" allows Unix
31 machines to print to AppleTalk connected printers. "psf" is a
32 PostScript printer filter for "lpd", designed to use "pap". "psorder"
33 is a PostScript reverser, called by "psf" to reverse pages printed to
34 face-up stacking printers. "afpd" provides Macs with an interface to
35 the Unix file system. Refer to the appropriate man pages for
36 operational information.
41 The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
42 various system-dependent variables used during compilation. It uses
43 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
44 It may also create one or more `.h' files containing system-dependent
45 definitions. Finally, it creates a shell script `config.status' that
46 you can run in the future to recreate the current configuration, a file
47 `config.cache' that saves the results of its tests to speed up
48 reconfiguring, and a file `config.log' containing compiler output
49 (useful mainly for debugging `configure').
51 If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
52 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
53 diffs or instructions to the address given in the `README' so they can
54 be considered for the next release. If at some point `config.cache'
55 contains results you don't want to keep, you may remove or edit it.
57 The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
58 called `autoconf'. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change
59 it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
65 Libtool encapsulates the platform specific dependencies for the
66 creation of libraries. It determines if the local platform can support
67 shared libraries or if it only supports static libraries.
69 Netatalk currently requires libtool 1.4 or higher (1.4b for OpenBSD).
70 If you are using Tru64 you must apply the following patch to the file
71 acinclude.m4 (normally found in /usr/share/libtool/libltdl).
73 --- acinclude.m4.old Tue Nov 20 15:30:23 2001
74 +++ acinclude.m4 Tue Nov 20 15:31:54 2001
77 osf3* | osf4* | osf5*)
81 soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so'
82 library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so $libname.so'
84 Documentation: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
85 Program: (see the GNU mirrors) /gnu/libtool/libtool-1.4.tar.gz
88 GNU m4 is an implementation of the Unix macro processor. It reads
89 stdin and copies to stdout expanding defined macros as it processes
92 Documentation: http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/
93 Program: (see the GNU mirrors) /gnu/m4/m4-1.4.tar.gz
96 Autoconf is a package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to
97 configure source code packages.
99 Documentation: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
100 Program: (see the GNU mirrors) /gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.52.tar.gz
103 Automake is a tool that generates 'Makefile.in' files.
105 Documentation: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
106 Program: (see the GNU mirrors) /gnu/automake/automake-1.5.tar.gz
110 5. OpenSSL and/or Libgcrypt
111 The OpenSSL Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
112 commercial-grade, full-featured, and Open Source toolkit implementing
113 the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS
114 v1) protocols as well as a full-strength general purpose cryptography
116 This is required to enable DHX login support.
118 Get everything at http://www.openssl.org/
120 The Libgcrypt is a general purpose cryptographic library based on
122 This is required to enable DHX2 login support.
124 Get everything at http://directory.fsf.org/project/libgcrypt/
127 Wietse Venema's network logger, also known as TCPD or LOG_TCP. These
128 programs log the client host name of incoming telnet, ftp, rsh,
129 rlogin, finger etc. requests. Security options are: access control per
130 host, domain and/or service; detection of host name spoofing or host
131 address spoofing; booby traps to implement an early-warning system.
132 TCP Wrappers can be gotten at ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/
133 Netatalk uses TCP Wrappers to authorize host access when using
134 afpovertcp. It should be noted that if DDP is in use, the connection
135 will still be allowed as TCP Wrappers do not impact DDP connections.
137 7. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
138 PAM provides a flexible mechanism for authenticating
139 users. PAM was invented by SUN Microsystems.
141 Author: Andrew Morgan <morgan@linux.kernel.org>
143 Linux-PAM is a suite of shared libraries that enable the local system
144 administrator to choose how applications authenticate users.
146 You can get the Linux PAM documentation and sources from
147 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/
149 Netatalk also supports other standard PAM implementations such as OpenPAM.
152 Berkeley DB is a programmatic toolkit that provides fast, reliable,
153 scalable, and mission-critical database support to software
154 developers. BDB can downloaded from
155 http://www.oracle.com/database/berkeley-db/index.html
156 Netatalk's CNID database uses the library and header files from BDB.
157 Currently, Netatalk supports BDB 4.1.25 and later.