1AFP_SIGNATURE.CONF(5) Netatalk 2.1 AFP_SIGNATURE.CONF(5)
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6 afp_signature.conf - Configuration file used by afpd(8) to specify
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10 /etc/netatalk//afp_signature.conf is the configuration file used by
11 afpd to specify server signature automatically. The configuration lines
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14 "server name" hexa-string
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16 The first field is server name. Server names must be quoted if they
17 contain spaces. The second field is the hexadecimal string of 32
18 characters for 16-bytes server signature.
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20 The leading spaces and tabs are ignored. Blank lines are ignored. The
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24 Server Signature is unique 16-bytes identifier used to prevent
25 logging on to the same server twice.
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27 Netatalk 2.0 and earlier generated server signature by using
28 gethostid(). There was a problem that another servers have the same
29 signature because the hostid is not unique enough.
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31 Netatalk 2.1 generates the signature from random numbers and saves
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35 This file should not be thoughtlessly edited and be copied onto
36 another server. If it wants to set the signature intentionally, use
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41 Example. afp_signature.conf three servers on one netatalk
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43 # This is a comment.
44 "Guest Server" 251D25569CB29AFDF296C6B5B3A385B7
45 "User Server" 26B5D785046C019F55718F76B1C13BFB
46 special 74A0BB94EC8C13988B2E75042347E528
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49 afpd(8), afpd.conf(5), asip-status.pl(1)
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53Netatalk 2.1 29 March 2010 AFP_SIGNATURE.CONF(5)