AFP_SIGNATURE.CONF(5)
NAME
afp_signature.conf - Configuration file used by afpd(8) to specify
server signature
DESCRIPTION
/etc/netatalk/afp_signature.conf is the configuration file used by afpd
to specify server signature automatically. The configuration lines are
composed like:
"server name" hexa-string
The first field is server name. Server names must be quoted if they
contain spaces. The second field is the hexadecimal string of 32
characters for 16-bytes server signature.
- The leading spaces and tabs are ignored. Blank lines are ignored. The
lines prefixed with # are ignored. The illegal lines are ignored. - Note
Server Signature is unique 16-bytes identifier used to prevent
logging on to the same server twice. - Netatalk 2.0 and earlier generated server signature by using
gethostid(). There was a problem that another servers have the same signature because the hostid is not unique enough. - Netatalk 2.1 generates the signature from random numbers and saves
it into afp_signature.conf. When starting next time, it is read
from this file. - This file should not be thoughtlessly edited and be copied onto
another server. If it wants to set the signature intentionally, use the option "-signature user:xxxx" in afpd.conf. In this case,
afp_signature.conf is not used.
EXAMPLES
- Example. afp_signature.conf three servers on one netatalk
- # This is a comment.
"Guest Server" 251D25569CB29AFDF296C6B5B3A385B7
"User Server" 26B5D785046C019F55718F76B1C13BFB
special 74A0BB94EC8C13988B2E75042347E528