How to share files from Ubuntu to Macclients（Draft）
1.InstallUbuntu 12.04 LTS （quick start）
Download ISO image and install aVM on Vsphere. The installation procedureis very straight forward. Few thingsneed to notice:
1)NIC type must be E1000, otherwise *IX system can’trecognize the NIC
2)If IP address and Proxy didn’t configureproperly during installation, we can manually change them after installation
StaticIP /etc/network/interfaces
DNS /etc/resolv.conf
Apt-get FTP source list
/etc/apt/source.list
Apt-get proxy setting
/etc/apt/apt.conf
Install GUI
Sudoapt-get update
Sudo apt-getupgrade
Sudo apt-getinstall Ubuntu-desktop
Startx
Add a newdisk
1)Adda new disk in Vsphere Client
2)ls /dev/sd* (Login as root, check current disk, sda means 1st disk, sdb is2nd , sdc is 3rd )
3)fdisk /dev/sdb （setup disk info..）
4)mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 (format disk)
5)fdisk –l (verify disk)
mkdir -p /opt
mount /dev/sdb1 /opt -orw
(create a directory andmount the disk to the directory)
6)/dev/sdb1 /opt ext3defaults 1 2 (modify/etc/fstab)
2.BindUbuntu to Active Directory
open / install likewise Sudo apt-get update
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open defautls sudo update-rc.d likewise defaults |
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Enable ‘other user’ login option in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
Login as domain account Setup folder permissions
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3.Installand Configure Netatalk
Installation
$ sudo apt-get installbuild-essential pkg-config checkinstall git-core avahi-daemonlibavahi-client-dev
$ ./configure–with-init-style=debian
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ sudo apt-get install netatalk
BasicConfiguration
Modify /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf to setup Share Computer name
Modify /etc/netatak/AppleVolumes.default
Setup share path and their names (options:tm will simulate a timecapsule device for Time machine backup)
Restart service
Sudo service netatalk restart
Sudo service avahi-daemon restart
4.Accessfrom Mac OSX
If the Mac is on the samevlan of the Linux server, it will automatically detect in the Finder
Otherwise we can manuallyconnect to it
You will see the share folders
We can also use time machine to back up files to the virtualTime Capsule device
