Copyright © 2001 Eric Parsonage
2003-03-31
Abstract
This document explains how to enable an
iMac to see files on a FreeBSD server sitting on the
iMac's local area network, using the port
of netatalk.
The machines used were FreeBSD
4.4-R on Intel, and an
G3 iMac running MacOS 8.1. The following setup is
bound to work for other versions of FreeBSD, and probably works for
other versions of MacOS.
The information is claimed only to be sufficient—there
are bound to be other ways to do it. The instructions below
should be followed as the root user.
Table of Contents
The netatalk port requires the presence of the AppleTalk communications protocol in the system's kernel. The following line in the kernel's configuration file will enable AppleTalk:
options NETATALK # AppleTalk
You should now recompile the kernel as described in the FreeBSD Handbook. You will then need to reboot.
Compile and install the netatlk port as follows:
# cd /usr/ports/net/netatalk # make all install # make clean
Ensure that netatalk starts after a reboot:
# cd /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ # cp netatalk.sh.sample netatalk.sh
Modify the configuration file to share directories:
# cd /usr/local/etc/ # ee AppleVolumes.default
You can uncomment anything in here, but note the default is to have the users home directories available.
At the iMac, enable AppleTalk by going
to the Chooser and click on
. You should see your
FreeBSD machine.
The author of this document is Eric Parsonage. Paul Hoadley marked up this document in DocBook XML.