For better debugging I will elaborate my process and status. I installed Netatalk 3.1.11 by self-build from source. We DO NOT have Avahi installed as the module is prohibited in the system.
sudo apt-get install autoconf \
libtool-bin \
libtool \
automake \
build-essential \
libssl-dev \
libgcrypt11-dev \
libkrb5-dev \
libpam0g-dev \
libwrap0-dev \
libdb-dev \
libmysqlclient-dev \
libavahi-client-dev \
libacl1-dev \
libldap2-dev \
libcrack2-dev \
systemtap-sdt-dev \
libdbus-1-dev \
libdbus-glib-1-dev \
libglib2.0-dev \
tracker \
libtracker-miner-1.0-dev \
libtracker-sparql-1.0-dev \
libevent-dev
./bootstrap
./configure \
--with-init-style=debian-sysv \
--without-libevent \
--with-cracklib \
--with-kerberos \
--enable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--with-dbus-sysconf-dir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0
./configure \
--with-init-style=debian-sysv \
--without-libevent \
--with-cracklib \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--with-dbus-sysconf-dir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0
./configure \
--with-init-style=debian-sysv \
--with-cracklib \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--with-dbus-sysconf-dir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--with-init-style=systemd \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--with-init-style=systemd \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--with-cracklib \
--with-tdbj
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--with-init-style=systemd \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--with-cracklib \
--with-tdb
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0 \
--without-tdb \
--disable-shell-check \
--without-mysql \
--without-last
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0 \
--without-tdb \
--disable-shell-check \
--without-mysql \
--without-last
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0 \
--disable-shell-check \
--without-cnid-mysql-backend
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0 \
--disable-shell-check \
--without-cnid-mysql-backend \
--disable-mysql
./configure \
--prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-dependency-tracking \
--enable-debug \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--disable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--without-shadow \
--without-kerberos \
--without-ldap \
--without-dtrace \
--disable-randnum-uam \
--disable-clrtxt-uam \
--disable-dhx-uam \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0 \
--disable-shell-check \
--without-cnid-mysql-backend \
--disable-mysql
# https://github.com/cptactionhank/docker-netatalk/blob/master/Dockerfile
./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--sysconfdir=/etc \
--with-init-style=debian-systemd \
--without-libevent \
--without-tdb \
--with-cracklib \
--enable-krbV-uam \
--with-pam-confdir=/etc/pam.d \
--with-dbus-sysconf-dir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d \
--with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=1.0
make
sudo make install
afpd -V outputs
AFP versions: 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
CNID backends: dbd last tdb mysql
Zeroconf support: Avahi
TCP wrappers support: Yes
Quota support: Yes
Admin group support: Yes
Valid shell checks: Yes
cracklib support: Yes
EA support: ad | sys
ACL support: Yes
LDAP support: Yes
D-Bus support: Yes
Spotlight support: Yes
DTrace probes: Yes
afp.conf: /usr/local/etc/afp.conf
extmap.conf: /usr/local/etc/extmap.conf
state directory: /usr/local/var/netatalk/
afp_signature.conf: /usr/local/var/netatalk/afp_signature.conf
afp_voluuid.conf: /usr/local/var/netatalk/afp_voluuid.conf
UAM search path: /usr/local/lib/netatalk//
Server messages path: /usr/local/var/netatalk/msg/
which afpd
/usr/local/sbin/afpd
which netatalk
/usr/local/sbin/netatalk
netatalk -V
Zeroconf support: Avahi
Spotlight support: Yes
afpd: /usr/local/sbin/afpd
cnid_metad: /usr/local/sbin/cnid_metad
tracker manager: /usr/bin/tracker daemon
dbus-daemon: /bin/dbus-daemon
afp.conf: /usr/local/etc/afp.conf
dbus-session.conf: /usr/local/etc/dbus-session.conf
netatalk lock file: /var/lock/netatalk
cat /usr/local/etc/afp.conf
;
; Netatalk 3.x configuration file
;
[Global]
; Global server settings
log file = /var/log/afpd.log
log level = default:severe, default:error, default:warning, default:info, uamsdaemon:demon
uam list = uams_dhx2.so
vol preset = default_for_all_vol
save password = no
afp listen = 130.233.96.246
;ldap auth method = simple
;ldap auth dn= cn=Manager,dc=archsystem,dc=com
;ldap auth pw=password
;ldap server=ldap-server
;ldap userbase=ou=users,dc=example,dc=com
;ldap userscope = sub
;ldap groupbase = ou=groups,dc=example,dc=com
;ldap groupscope = sub
;ldap uuid attr = apple-generateduid
;ldap name attr = uid
;ldap group attr = cn
[default_for_all_vol]
file perm = 0660
directory perm = 0770
;cnid scheme = dbd
[user]
path = /timemachine_pool/user
time machine = yes
valid users = user
cat /etc/pamd.n/netatalk
#%PAM-1.0
auth include common-auth
account include common-account
password include common-password
session include common-session
For /etc/pamd.n/netatalk I tried different settings.
auth include system-auth
account required pam_nologin.so
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
session include system-auth
and
auth required pam_winbind.so
account required pam_winbind.so
session required pam_unix.so
They all failed.
service netatalk status outputs
● netatalk.service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/netatalk; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2018-03-04 22:28:54 EET; 7min ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 17299 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/netatalk stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 17336 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/netatalk start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Tasks: 4
Memory: 8.1M
CPU: 453ms
CGroup: /system.slice/netatalk.service
├─17342 /usr/local/sbin/netatalk
├─17343 /usr/local/sbin/afpd -d -F /usr/local/etc/afp.conf
└─17344 /usr/local/sbin/cnid_metad -d -F /usr/local/etc/afp.conf
This is about it. Sorry for being verbose but I think this will lead to better conversation.