atalkd(8)

1ATALKD(8)                        Netatalk 2.1                        ATALKD(8)
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NAME

6       atalkd - AppleTalk RTMP, NBP, ZIP, and AEP manager
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SYNOPSIS

9       atalkd [-f configfile] [-1] [-2]
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DESCRIPTION

12       atalkd is responsible for all user level AppleTalk network management.
13       This includes routing, name registration and lookup, zone lookup, and
14       the AppleTalk Echo Protocol (similar to ping(8)).  atalkd is typically
15       started at boot time, out of /etc/rc. It first reads from its
16       configuration file, /etc/netatalk//atalkd.conf. If there is no
17       configuration file, atalkd will attempt to configure all available
18       interfaces and will create a configuration file. The file consists of a
19       series of interfaces, one per line. Lines with `#´ in the first column
20       are ignored, as are blank lines. The syntax is
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22       interface [ -seed ] [ -phase number ] [ -net net-range ] [ -addr
23       address ] [ -zone zonename ] ...
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25       Note that all fields except the interface are optional. The loopback
26       interface is configured automatically. If -seed is specified, all other
27       fields must be present. Also, atalkd will exit during bootstrapping, if
28       a router disagrees with its seed information. If -seed is not given,
29       all other information may be overriden during auto-configuration. If no
30       -phase option is given, the default phase as given on the command line
31       is used (the default is 2). If -addr is given and -net is not, a
32       net-range of one is assumed.
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34       The first -zone directive for each interface is the ``default´´ zone.
35       Under Phase 1, there is only one zone. Under Phase 2, all routers on
36       the network are configured with the default zone and must agree.
37       atalkd maps ``*´´ to the default zone of the first interface. Note: The
38       default zone for a machine is determined by the configuration of the
39       local routers; to appear in a non-default zone, each service, e.g.
40       afpd, must individually specify the desired zone. See also nbp_name(3).
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ROUTING

43       If you are connecting a netatalk router to an existing AppleTalk
44       internet, you should first contact your local network administrators to
45       obtain appropriate network addresses.
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47       atalkd can provide routing between interfaces by configuring multiple
48       interfaces. Each interface must be assigned a unique net-range between
49       1 and 65279 (0 and 65535 are illegal, and addresses between 65280 and
50       65534 are reserved for startup). It is best to choose the smallest
51       useful net-range, i.e. if you have three machines on an Ethernet, don´t
52       chose a net-range of 1000-2000. Each net-range may have an arbitrary
53       list of zones associated with it.
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EXAMPLES

56       Below is an example configuration file for a sun4/40. The machine has
57       two interfaces, ``le0´´ and ``le1´´. The ``le0´´ interface is
58       configured automatically from other routers on the network. The machine
59       is the only router for the ``le1´´ interface.
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62              le1 -seed -net 9461-9471 -zone netatalk -zone Argus
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64       atalkd automatically acts as a router if there is more than one
65       interface.
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FILES

68       /etc/netatalk//atalkd.conf configuration file
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BUGS

71       On some systems, atalkd can not be restarted.
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