Re: FreeBSD+samba as a time machine server for OSX/Sonoma?

From: Mark Delany <x9k_at_charlie.emu.st>
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:49:10 UTC 
On 07Sep24, David Chisnall apparently wrote:
> On 7 Sep 2024, at 10:51, Mark Delany <x9k@charlie.emu.st> wrote:
> > 
> > I'm going to ask a silly question here. But why are people running samba instead of
> > netatalk if they are only using the timemachine backup capability?
> 
> Does AFP still work with newer versions of macOS?

I'm doing timemachine backups from Sonoma 14.6.1 to afp.

It would be a pity if they did remove that support.

FWIW. My rc.conf

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
avahi_daemon_enable="YES"
netatalk_enable="YES" # conf=/usr/local/etc/afp.conf
dbus_enable="YES"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

and afp.conf

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[Global]
afp listen = 10.1.0.4 fd2d:e363:95de:fe:10:1:0:4
hostname = HomeServer
guest account = nobody

[dog]
path = /backups/timemachine/dog
time machine = yes
vol size limit = 1000000
valid users = dogafp

[cat]
path = /backups/timemachine/cat
time machine = yes
vol size limit = 1000000
valid users = catafp
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

With dogafp and catafp set in /etc/passwd


Mark.