Daniel Richard G. wrote: >> Where can I find some information on how to use the >> AFS->NFS translator on >> Linux? (Does it even exist?) >> > > My understanding is that the translator currently does not work on Linux. (I > do believe it works on Solaris.) > > >> Basically, I'm looking for read-only access, in >> situations where it's either >> inconvenient or impossible to compile the AFS kernel >> modules; I have a couple >> of systems where the module compiles OK, but doesn't >> load. (Namely OpenSUSE >> 11.1, using packages from build.opensuse.org) >> > > We use UNFS3 (http://unfs3.sf.net/) for this exact purpose, exporting to a > number of old-school Unix systems. I added proper AFS FID support to it > recently, so that its filehandle cache plays well with AFS. We run it via > kstart so that it keeps the tickets/tokens required to read what it needs out > of AFS. > Interesting. How do you handle access control for users? Is that just left to the client with the normal uid/gid access bits?
-- Ragge > I've been meaning to send a note about this to the list, to let folks know > about this new AFS->NFS option on Linux. If any AFS gurus could have a peek > at > afssupport.c in the codebase, I would be grateful for any feedback on the > implementation. > > > --Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > OpenAFS-info@openafs.org > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info