afpd - Apple Filing Protocol daemon
afpd [-d] [-F configfile]
afpd -v | -V | -h
afpd provides an Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) interface to
the Unix file system. It is normally started at boot time by
netatalk(8).
@pkgconfdir@/afp.conf is the configuration file used by
afpd to determine the behavior and configuration of a file
server.
-d
Specifies that the daemon should not fork.
-v
Print version information and exit.
-V
Print verbose information and exit.
-h
Print help and exit.
-F configfile
Specifies the configuration file to use. (Defaults to
@pkgconfdir@/afp.conf.)
To shut down a user's afpd process it is recommended that
SIGKILL (-9) NOT be used, except as a last resort, as this may
leave the CNID database in an inconsistent state. The safe way to terminate
an afpd is to send it a SIGTERM (-15) signal and wait for it
to die on its own.
SIGTERM and SIGUSR1 signals that are sent to the main afpd
process are propagated to the children, so all will be affected.
SIGTERM
Clean exit. Propagates from master to childs.
SIGQUIT
Send this to the master afpd, it will exit leaving
all children running! Can be used to implement AFP service without
downtime.
SIGHUP
Sending a SIGHUP to afpd will cause it to reload
its configuration files.
SIGINT
Sending a SIGINT to a child afpd enables
max_debug logging for this process. The log is sent to the file
/tmp/afpd.PID.XXXXXX. Sending another SIGINT will revert to the
original log settings.
SIGUSR1
The afpd process will send the message "The
server is going down for maintenance." to the client and shut itself down
in 5 minutes. New connections are not allowed. If this is sent to a child
afpd, the other children are not affected. However, the main process will
still exit, disabling all new connections.
SIGUSR2
The afpd process will look in the message
directory configured at build time for a file named message.pid. For each one
found, a the contents will be sent as a message to the associated AFP client.
The file is removed after the message is sent. This should only be sent to a
child afpd.
@pkgconfdir@/afp.conf
configuration file used by afpd
/var/lib/netatalk/afp_signature.conf
list of server signature
/var/lib/netatalk/afp_voluuid.conf
list of UUID for Time Machine volume
@pkgconfdir@/extmap.conf
file name extension mapping
@pkgconfdir@/msg/message.pid
contains messages to be sent to users.