4 The Netatalk development team is proud to announce the seconf release of
5 the Netatalk 3.1 release series. Early adopters are encouraged to update
8 Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP fileserver.
9 A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh
10 clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server (AFP).
14 * netatalk - the main server service controller
15 * afpd - the AFP file server daemin
16 * cnid_metad - the CNID database multiplexing daemon
17 * cnid_dbd - the CNID database daemon serving CNIDs for AFP volumes
18 * various supporting programs and utilities
20 Summary of major new features and enhancements in 3.1
21 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
23 * AFP Spotlight Support with Gnome Tracker:
24 https://projects.gnome.org/tracker/
26 Please refer to the online manual for details about compiling Netatalk
27 with Spotlight support and how to configure:
29 http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/installation.html#compiling-netatalk
31 http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html
33 Please make sure to read the upgrading section in the Netatalk online
34 manual before trying to upgrade your system from version 2:
36 http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/upgrade.html
41 Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under
42 the GNU General Public License (GPLv2). The full license text is available
45 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
49 * FIX: Add asprint() compatibility function for systems lacking it
50 * FIX: Fix ressource fork name conversion. Bug #534.
51 * FIX: Fix a bug where only the first configured UAM was loaded.
53 * UPD: Add support for AFP 3.4. From FR #85.
54 * FIX: Registering with mDNS crashed. Bug #540
55 * FIX: Saving from applications like Photoshop may fail, because
56 removing the ressource fork AppleDouble file failed. Bug #542.
57 * FIX: dbd: remove orphaned ._ AppleDouble files. Bug #549.
58 * NEW: afpd: Automatic conversion of ._ AppleDouble files
59 created by OS X. Bug #550.
60 * FIX: afpd: Fix a crash in of_closefork(). Bug #551.
61 * FIX: dbd: Don't print message "Ignoring ._file" for every ._ file.
63 * FIX: afpd: Don't flood log with failed sys_set_ea() messages.
68 As of Netatalk 3.0 the following operating systems are supported:
74 * Solaris and derivates
76 Netatalk may compile and run on other operating systems as well, but
77 it is not well-tested on those. We welcome patches and suggestions
78 for enhancing the portability of Netatalk as well as success and failure
79 stories. Please write to netatalk-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
84 Netatalk tar-balls can be found at:
86 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=8642
88 Netatalk is also available via anonymous git. See the SourceForge project
89 site for anonymous git instructions.
94 For more information about Netatalk, see its web page at:
96 http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/
98 The project is hosted at SourceForge. The SourceForge project page is
101 http://sourceforge.net/projects/netatalk/
103 The Netatalk development team can be reached via the mailing list
104 netatalk-devel@lists.sourceforge.net. For subscription information and
105 archives see Netatalk's SourceForge project page.
107 netatalk-admins@lists.sourceforge.net is a mailing list for Netatalk
108 system administrators. For subscription information and archives see
109 the Netatalk web page.
114 We would like to thank all contributors to the Netatalk project for
115 their commitment. Without the many suggestions, bug and problem reports,
116 patches, and reviews this project wouldn't be where it is.
118 - The Netatalk Development Team, March 2014