I recently (re)switched from using Netatalk to Samba for file access from macOS (15.x) to linux (AlmaLinux 9.x).
Obviously the Samba is a great resource, on the Samba Wiki the Configure Samba to Work Better with Mac OS X was invaluable for setting up the /etc/samba/smb.conf file, and the vfs fruit man page contains documentation for all the options.
Here is the /etc/samba/smb.conf file I use:
# See smb.conf.example for a more detailed config file or