iTunes server SUCCESS!! Here are my notes

[jason henson]

You are welcome!  The script seems to be a little dated.  Entry
20041010 in /usr/src/UPDATING says you don't need KEYWORD: FreeBSD, and  
I think there are some other updates to the format too.  The old ones  
will continue to be supported for now.

On 01/04/05 13:49:18, Timothy Luoma wrote:
> 
> This outlines some extra steps I had to take to setup an iTunes  
> server in FreeBSD 5.3
> 
> I followed the instructions at  
> http://home.introweb.nl/~dodger/itunesserver.html
> 
> There are a few notes (I suspect those instructions are a bit old/ 
> outdated in a few places):
> 
> ORIGINAL TEXT:
> "Now you'll have to download Rendezvous.tar.gz from Apple. Go to  
> http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/rendezvous/source/Rendezvous.tar.gz,  
> register and download the file to the directory /usr/ports/distfiles.  
> After doing this, go back to /usr/ports/net/rendezvous (if needed)  
> and type:"
> 
> CORRECTION:
> Rendezvous is now found at  /usr/ports/net/p5-Net-Rendezvous
> 
> [Thanks to Jason Henson for pointing this out to me]
> 
> 
> NEW #1:  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mDNSResponder.sh didn't exist, so I  
> copied it from /usr/ports/net/mDNSResponder/files/mDNSResponder.sh.   
> Then I had to manually edit the file.  Mine now looks like this:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # PROVIDE: mDNSResponder
> # REQUIRE: NETWORKING
> # KEYWORD: FreeBSD
> 
> . /etc/rc.subr
> 
> name=mDNSResponder
> rcvar=`set_rcvar`
> 
> # CHANGE THIS to wherever it is installed
> # It used to be installed to /usr/local/sbin/
> command=/usr/local/bin/mDNSResponder
> 
> # DON'T change this here.  Change it in /etc/rc.conf
> mDNSResponder_enable=${mDNSResponder_enable:-"NO"}
> 
> # OLD: These flags no longer seem to work (2005-01-04)
> #mDNSResponder_flags=${mDNSResponder_flags:-"-b -n `/bin/hostname - 
> s`"}
> 
> pidfile="/var/run/mDNSResponder.pid"
> 
> load_rc_config $name
> run_rc_command "$1"
> 
> #EOF
> 
> 
> NEW #2:
> 
> I added these lines to /etc/rc.conf:
> 
> daapd_enable="YES"
> mDNSResponder_enable="YES"
> 
> 
> FYI: here are the config files as I have them
> 
> $ cat /usr/local/etc/mDNSResponder.conf
> FreeBSD iTunes server
> _daap._tcp.
> 
> 3689
> 
> $ cat /usr/local/etc/daapd.conf
> Port            3689
> ServerName      daapd server
> DBName          FreeBSD iTunes server
> Password
> Root            /usr/home/itunes
> Cache
> Timescan        2
> RescanInterval  0
> 
> 
> NOTE: I had to restart the FreeBSD system to get it to show up in  
> iTunes.  Doesn't seem like it ought to be necessary, but it was for  
> me.
> 
> I think those were all the steps I had to take.
> 
> I hope this will help anyone else who is trying to do the same.
> 
> TjL
> 
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