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Date:      Thu, 06 Jan 2005 03:46:17 +0000
From:      jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: iTunes server SUCCESS!! Here are my notes
Message-ID:  <1104983177l.7234l.0l@BARTON>
In-Reply-To: <56BC8436-5E81-11D9-AD10-000D93AD26C8@tntluoma.com> (from lists@tntluoma.com on Tue Jan  4 13:49:18 2005)
References:  <56BC8436-5E81-11D9-AD10-000D93AD26C8@tntluoma.com>

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You are welcome!  The script seems to be a little dated.  Entry
20041010 in /usr/src/UPDATING says you don't need KEYWORD: FreeBSD, and =20
I think there are some other updates to the format too.  The old ones =20
will continue to be supported for now.

On 01/04/05 13:49:18, Timothy Luoma wrote:
>=20
> This outlines some extra steps I had to take to setup an iTunes =20
> server in FreeBSD 5.3
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> I followed the instructions at =20
> http://home.introweb.nl/~dodger/itunesserver.html
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> There are a few notes (I suspect those instructions are a bit old/=20
> outdated in a few places):
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> ORIGINAL TEXT:
> "Now you'll have to download Rendezvous.tar.gz from Apple. Go to =20
> http://www.opensource.apple.com/projects/rendezvous/source/Rendezvous.tar=
.gz, =20
> register and download the file to the directory /usr/ports/distfiles. =20
> After doing this, go back to /usr/ports/net/rendezvous (if needed) =20
> and type:"
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> CORRECTION:
> Rendezvous is now found at  /usr/ports/net/p5-Net-Rendezvous
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> [Thanks to Jason Henson for pointing this out to me]
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>=20
> NEW #1:  /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mDNSResponder.sh didn't exist, so I =20
> copied it from /usr/ports/net/mDNSResponder/files/mDNSResponder.sh.  =20
> Then I had to manually edit the file.  Mine now looks like this:
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> #!/bin/sh
>=20
> # PROVIDE: mDNSResponder
> # REQUIRE: NETWORKING
> # KEYWORD: FreeBSD
>=20
> . /etc/rc.subr
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> name=3DmDNSResponder
> rcvar=3D`set_rcvar`
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> # CHANGE THIS to wherever it is installed
> # It used to be installed to /usr/local/sbin/
> command=3D/usr/local/bin/mDNSResponder
>=20
> # DON'T change this here.  Change it in /etc/rc.conf
> mDNSResponder_enable=3D${mDNSResponder_enable:-"NO"}
>=20
> # OLD: These flags no longer seem to work (2005-01-04)
> #mDNSResponder_flags=3D${mDNSResponder_flags:-"-b -n `/bin/hostname -=20
> s`"}
>=20
> pidfile=3D"/var/run/mDNSResponder.pid"
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> load_rc_config $name
> run_rc_command "$1"
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> #EOF
>=20
>=20
> NEW #2:
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> I added these lines to /etc/rc.conf:
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> daapd_enable=3D"YES"
> mDNSResponder_enable=3D"YES"
>=20
>=20
> FYI: here are the config files as I have them
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> $ cat /usr/local/etc/mDNSResponder.conf
> FreeBSD iTunes server
> _daap._tcp.
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> 3689
>=20
> $ cat /usr/local/etc/daapd.conf
> Port            3689
> ServerName      daapd server
> DBName          FreeBSD iTunes server
> Password
> Root            /usr/home/itunes
> Cache
> Timescan        2
> RescanInterval  0
>=20
>=20
> NOTE: I had to restart the FreeBSD system to get it to show up in =20
> iTunes.  Doesn't seem like it ought to be necessary, but it was for =20
> me.
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> I think those were all the steps I had to take.
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> I hope this will help anyone else who is trying to do the same.
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> TjL
>=20
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