Share Ubuntu Network to Mac Lion Using Netatalk

In some forums there are some hot topics that some people can no longer share their network to Mac OS X Lion after they update their servers to Ubuntu 11.10 due to Netatalk can not run properly. For additional information, Netatalk is a daemon which provides POSIX-compliant *NIX/*BSD systems with the ability to share files and printers with Apple Macintosh computers.

So through this post I want to share how to fix Netatalk on Ubuntu server 11.10 so you can share your network with a Mac Lion. Follow the steps below:

1. Remove Netatalk completely:
   

   sudo apt-get remove netatalk --purge
   sudo rm /etc/netatalk -R -f

2. Edit the sources.list file to add a new repository with Netatalk 2.2.1. Add two lines below:
   

   deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jstrunk-math/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
   deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jstrunk-math/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main

3. Reinstall the Netatalk:
   

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install netatalk

4. Edit the file /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf:
   

   - -tcp -noddp -uamlist uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2_passwd.so -nosavepassword -setuplog "default log_info /var/log/afpd.log"

   There was little change in the afpd.conf file above with Netatalk used on earlier Ubuntu version where uams_dhx2.so replaced with uams_dhx2_passwd.so. The change refers to bug, see it on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netatalk/+bug/810732.
5. Edit /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default with your normal shares:
   

   # The line below sets some DEFAULT, starting with Netatalk 2.1.
   :DEFAULT: options:upriv,usedots
   /media/data "Data" cnidscheme:dbd options:usedots,upriv

6. The last, restart Netatalk:
   

   sudo service netatalk restart

That's all to make your Netatalk run properly in Ubuntu Server 11.10 so you can share your network to OS X Lion computer. Hope it useful...
Via Denoo.