---
name: "afp_voluuid.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "netatalk"
version: "4.2.3~ds-1+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/afp_voluuid.conf"
---

# afp\_voluuid.conf(5)

Configuration file used by afpd to specify UUID for AFP volumes

## Name

afp\_voluuid.conf — Configuration file used by afpd to specify UUID for AFP volumes

## Description

**afp\_voluuid.conf** is the configuration file used by **afpd** to store UUID of all AFP volumes. The configuration lines are composed like:

-

  ```
  "volume-name" "uuid-string"
  ```

The first field is the volume name. Volume names must be quoted if they contain spaces. The second field is the 36 character hexadecimal ASCII string representation of a UUID.

All leading spaces and tabs are ignored. Blank lines are ignored. The lines prefixed with # are ignored. Any illegal lines are ignored.

**NOTE**

This UUID is advertised by Zeroconf in order to provide robust disambiguation of Time Machine volumes.

It is also used by the MySQL CNID backend.

This file should not be thoughtlessly edited or copied onto another server.

## Examples

### Example: afp\_voluuid.conf with three volumes

-

  ```
  # This is a comment.
  "Backup for John Smith" 1573974F-0ABD-69CC-C40A-8519B681A0E1
  "bob" 39A487F4-55AA-8240-E584-69AA01800FE9
  mary 6331E2D1-446C-B68C-3066-D685AADBE911
  ```

## See also

[afpd(8)](/afpd/8.md), [afp.conf(5)](/afp.conf/5.md), [avahi-daemon(8)](/avahi-daemon/8.md), [mDNSResponder(8)](/mDNSResponder/8.md)

## Author

Contributors to the Netatalk Project (https://netatalk.io/contributors)