Timecapsule

Mike Tango Bravo · Updated 2024-04-17

Time machine backup for MacOS devices

First install samba

sudo apt install samba

Add a samba user

sudo smbpasswd -a mtb
sudo usermod -g users mtb
vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

Configure samba

[global]
workgroup = openvino
min protocol = SMB2
# security
security = user
passdb backend = tdbsam
map to guest = Bad User
# mac Support
spotlight = yes
vfs objects = acl_xattr catia fruit streams_xattr
fruit:aapl = yes
fruit:time machine = yes
#NetShares 
[volumes]
comment = Time Machine
path = /timecapsule
valid users = @users
browsable = yes
writable = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0644
directory mask = 0755

Adjust permissions

 chmod 777 /timecapsule
 chown root:users /timecapsule/

Restart samba

service smbd restart

Connect to the samba server from MacOS finder

Go > Connect to server....

Configure Time Machine