Name

       atalkd.conf — Configuration file used by atalkd to configure the interfaces used by AppleTalk

Description

       atalkd.conf  is  the  configuration  file  used by atalkd to configure the Appletalk interfaces and their
       behavior

       Any line not prefixed with # is interpreted. Each interface has be configured on an  uninterrupted  line,
       with no support for split lines.  The configuration line format is:

              interface [ -seed ] [ -phase <number> ] [ -net <net-range> ] [ -addr <address> ] [ -zone <zonename> ] ...

       The  simplest  case  is  to  have either no atalkd.conf, or to have one that has no active lines. In this
       case, atalkd will auto-discover the local interfaces on the machine and write to  the  atalkd.conf  file,
       creating it if one does not exist.

       The  interface  is  the  network  interface  that  this  to work over, such as eth0 for Linux, or le0 for
       Solaris.

       Note  that  all  fields  except  the  interface  are  optional.  The  loopback  interface  is  configured
       automatically.  If  -seed  is  specified, all other fields must be present. Also, atalkd will exit during
       startup if a router disagrees with its seed information. If -seed is not given, all other information may
       be overridden during auto-configuration. If no -phase option is given, the default phase as given on  the
       command  line  is  used  (the  default  is  2).  If -addr is given and -net is not, a net-range of one is
       assumed.

       The first -zone directive for each interface is the “default” zone.  Under Phase 1,  there  is  only  one
       zone.  Under  Phase  2,  all  routers on the network are configured with the default zone and must agree.
       atalkd maps “*” to the default zone of the first interface. Note: The  default  zone  for  a  machine  is
       determined by the configuration of the local routers; to appear in a non-default zone, each service, e.g.
       afpd, must individually specify the desired zone. See also nbp_name(3).

       The possible options and their meanings are:

       -addr net.node

              Allows  specification  of  the  net  and  node  numbers for this interface, specified in AppleTalk
              numbering format (example: -addr 66.6).

       -dontroute

              Disables AppleTalk routing. It is the inverse of -router.

       -net first[-last]

              Allows the available net to be set, optionally as a range.

       -phase ( 1 | 2 )

              Specifies the AppleTalk phase that this interface is to use (either Phase 1 or Phase 2).

       -router

              Seed an AppleTalk router on a single interface. The inverse option is -dontroute. Akin  to  -seed,
              but allows single interface routing.

       -seed

              Seed  an  AppleTalk  router.  This requires two or more interfaces to be configured. If you have a
              single network interface, use -router  instead.  It  also  causes  all  missing  arguments  to  be
              automagically configured from the network.

       -zone zonename

              Specifies  a  specific  zone  that this interface should appear on (example: -zone “Parking Lot”).
              Please note that zones with spaces and other special characters should be  enclosed  in  quotation
              marks.

Examples

       Single interface on Solaris with auto-detected parameters.

                le0

       The same on Linux.

                eth0

       Below  is an example configuration file from a Sun 4/40. The machine has two interfaces, “le0” and “le1”.
       The “le0” interface is configured automatically from other routers on the network.  The  machine  is  the
       only router for the “le1” interface.

                le0
                le1 -seed -net 9461-9471 -zone netatalk -zone Argus

See Also

       atalkd(8)

Author

       Contributors to the Netatalk Project (https://netatalk.io/contributors)

Netatalk 4.2.3                                                                                    ATALKD.CONF(5)