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8 13 Jun 2016 Netatalk Netatalk AFP Fileserver Manual @NETATALK_VERSION@

netatalk

Netatalk AFP server service controller daemon

          netatalk

          -F configfile

          netatalk

            -v
            -V

## Description

`netatalk` is the service controller daemon responsible for starting and restarting the AFP daemon `afpd` and the CNID daemon `cnid_metad`. It is normally started at boot time by an init system (BSD-style init, SysV-sytle init, systemd, Upstart, OpenRC, SMF and so on).

## Options

-d

- Starts netatalk in non-forking mode, for debugging purposes.

-F `configfile`

- Specifies the configuration file to use.

-v | -V

- Print version information and exit.

## Signals

SIGTERM

- Stop Netatalk service, AFP and CNID daemons

SIGHUP

- Sending a `SIGHUP` will cause the AFP daemon reload its configuration file.

## Files

`afp.conf`

- configuration file used by `netatalk`(8), `afpd`(8) and `cnid_metad`(8)

## See Also

afpd

8 ,

cnid_metad

8 ,

afp.conf

5 .

## Author

See CONTRIBUTORS