NETATALK(8)

💖 NETATALK(8) — the Netatalk AFP server service controller daemon 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because this is the one that runs the whole ✨operation✨. We're talking about netatalk — the Netatalk AFP server service controller daemon. Yes, that's a mouthful. Yes, she's iconic. Let's go.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

netatalk [-F configfile]

netatalk [-v | -V]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. netatalk is the daemon that controls the Netatalk AFP file server, and here's the tea: that file server isn't one single little guy, it's a whole squad of forking daemons. Group chat, basically.

For most deployments you're gonna use netatalk for centralized control instead of launching and stopping each daemon one by one by hand like some kind of feral gremlin. She's normally started at boot time by an init system, so honestly she handles herself. 💅

Here's the friend group and who spawns who:

• The controller daemon launches the AFP daemon afpd and the CNID meta daemon cnid_metad.
• cnid_metad will in turn launch the CNID database daemon cnid_dbd.

And the chef's kiss part? The configurations of all four daemons are managed in a single configuration file called afp.conf. One file. One vibe. One source of truth. Obsessed. 🎀

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

• -d — Do not disassociate daemon from terminal. She stays right there with you. 🫶
• -F configfile — Specifies the configuration file to use. Wanna point at a different one? Say less, queen.
• -v | -V — Print version information and exit. Just a lil flex and then she's out. ✨

💀 SIGNALS 💀

• SIGTERM — Stop the Netatalk AFP and CNID daemons. That's the "we're done here, thank u next" signal. 😭
• SIGHUP — Sending a SIGHUP will cause the Netatalk AFP and CNID daemons to reload their configurations from afp.conf. Glow-up time, no restart needed. 🔥

🎀 FILES 🎀

• afp.conf — the configuration file used by netatalk(8), afpd(8) and cnid_metad(8). The shared playlist, if you will.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• afpd(8)
• cnid_metad(8)
• afp.conf(5)

The rest of the crew, fr fr. iykyk. 🌈

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Contributors to the Netatalk Project (https://netatalk.io/contributors) — literally the main characters. Not me being grateful or anything. 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! This was the Netatalk manual, version 4.5.1 💖 She ate, no crumbs, periodt. Go configure something iconic. 🦋🌸💅