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Installing Netatalk from the repositories means that when you connect using a Mac client you will be warned that you are going to send your password in the clear. Obviously this isn’t great for security, and being prompted every time you want to connect is annoying. This occurs because Netatalk in the Ubuntu repositories is compiled without SSL support (SSL is what handles the encryption).

The key to getting this to work is to get the Netatalk source code and compile it yourself. Don’t worry, it’s been done hundreds of times before and if you follow this tutorial closely you should be fine.

The commands written always start with a dollar sign ($), you should not type this, it just indicates the commands should be typed at a standard user prompt in the terminal.

First off it’s a good idea to switch to your home directory:
$ cd ~

Make a new directory to hold the hundreds of small Netatalk files:
$ mkdir netatalk

Ensure you have essential development libraries and tools installed:
$ sudo aptitude install libdb4.2-dev libslp-dev autotools-dev devscripts cracklib2-dev dpkg-dev libssl-dev

Change in to the newly created directory:
$ cd netatalk

Install the netatalk source code:
$ sudo apt-get source netatalk

Install all required dependencies for netatalk:
$ sudo apt-get build-dep netatalk

A new directory called netatalk-2.0.3 should have been created, change in to that directory:
$ cd netatalk-2.0.3

Compile Netatalk with the SSL option:
$ DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=ssl sudo dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc

Install the finished product!:
$ sudo debi

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