Is Netatalk gone or just mostly gone?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi there,

Following this guide: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/nas/netatalk_configuration I'm trying to set up an eSATA-connected drive on my Nighthawk R7800 to act as a Time Machine repository. I just installed 23.05-RC3 and got the following errorr:

Unknown package 'netatalk'.
Collected errors:
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package netatalk.

I doubt this package has disappeared - but maybe Netatalk isn't yet available for 23.05? Does anyone know, thanks!

ADM

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Thanks! So nowadays, should I use that or Samba? Not sure how to proceed.

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It depends on your environment and needs.
For me personally, SFTP is the most suitable option:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/nas/sftp.server

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samba/ ksmbd would probably be the closest equivalents; sftpd is always an alternative, somewhat easier to set up, but slower and (on the client side) often less integrated into commercial operating systems.

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Perhaps I'm not conveying this idea clearly enough - I have a Mac and I want to use Time Machine built in the OS to do backups to an eSATA-connected disk on my router.

Would SAMBA be the preferred network protocol or Netatalk?

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Samba, apple has depreciated use of AppleTalk for Time Machine

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