/home/share/files “Share” allow:@share options:usedots,upriv volcharset:UTF8-MAC perm:0020

Make sure special permissions are set for the directories in your share:

sudo find /home/share/files -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;

/etc/init.d/netatalk stop
mv /usr/sbin/afpd /usr/sbin/afpd_2.0.4b
ln -s /usr/local/sbin/afpd /usr/sbin/afpd
mv /usr/local/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default /usr/local/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default_2.0.5
ln -s /etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default /usr/local/etc/netatalk/AppleVolumes.default
/etc/init.d/netatalk start

I got a starting up 2.0.5 message in my syslog, and it seems to be working OK. Not the most sensible way of installing, I’m sure, but I don’t think this way interferes with the Ubuntu packaged version, so when that is updated, I should be able to install it over the top.

I had TimeMachine working fine on 2.0.4b (wired), so I don’t know what this version was supposed to add?

* Removed the installed version of netatalk sudo apt-get remove netatalk
* Downloaded the 2.0.5 package from the debian website.
* Installed that package sudo dpkg -i netatalk_2.0.5-2-i386.deb
* Downloaded some package netatalk depends on from the debian website (dpkg exited mentioning the exact name) and installed it.
* Installed netatalk, now successfully because all dependencies were met.

I considered writing a more detailed howto for this, but since it doesn’t solve the reliability of backing up wirelessly it seemed somewhat unnecessary.

Thanks.