[OpenAFS] kde dcop server

2007-02-21 Thread J.Jaarsma
Hey all, I'm working with OpenSuSe 10.1 systems which authenticate against active directory. User homedirs are located on AFS completely. Recently I've started using the program krenew to renew my krb5 ticket and afs token in order to be able to leave the computer running for a longer period

[OpenAFS] Problem installing OpenaAFS on FC5

2007-02-21 Thread Salvatore Podda
I am trying to install the OpenAFS 1.4.2 on FC5. These are the characteristic of my machine uname -a Linux podda-nb.frascati.enea.it 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp #1 SMP Tue Mar 14 16:05:46 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Using the package for the kernel module:

Re: [OpenAFS] kde dcop server

2007-02-21 Thread Christof Hanke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, I'm working with OpenSuSe 10.1 systems which authenticate against active directory. User homedirs are located on AFS completely. Recently I've started using the program krenew to renew my krb5 ticket and afs token in order to be able to leave the computer

[OpenAFS] Latest round of Solaris 10 patches breaks AFS

2007-02-21 Thread David R Boldt
Cache manager is unhappy with latest Solaris 10 kernel changes, at least for 1.4.2. http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6522244 Is there a version available yet with corresponding fix? -- David Boldt

Re: [OpenAFS] Latest round of Solaris 10 patches breaks AFS

2007-02-21 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, David R Boldt wrote: Cache manager is unhappy with latest Solaris 10 kernel changes, at least for 1.4.2. http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6522244 Is there a version available yet with corresponding fix? Try 1.4.3rc2? We took some relevant fixes there. I

[OpenAFS] Openafs Opensuse 10.2 Bosserver Problem

2007-02-21 Thread Michael Greiner
Hi, After a long time of struggling I managed to get openafs to compile under Opensuse 10.2. Version is 1.4.2. Now I wanted to configure afs. But when I start /usr/local/sbin/bosserver -noauth Boslog says: server Directory access is okay Now, when I try to initialize the afs cell, I get the

Re: [OpenAFS] AFS Cell name vs K5 REALM name

2007-02-21 Thread anne salemme
in the case of the mit cells, we wanted to have multiple cells under one kerberos realm...it was easier to manage a single realm, rather than a realm for each cell. cheers, anne Derrick J Brashear wrote: You mean like say a krb5 realm named ATHENA.MIT.EDU supporting a cell named

Re: [OpenAFS] software for windows start out of OpenAFS Filespace?

2007-02-21 Thread Jason Edgecombe
From what I hear from our windows guys, most apps don't. I'd guestimate at 95%. Some of those apps might work with customized wrapper scripts, but for the most part not. Add to that that most apps don't deal well when run as a normal (non-admin) user. In general, the apps that tend to be

[OpenAFS] What happens if a client doesn't see a break callback caused by a volume move?

2007-02-21 Thread Kim Kimball
Hello folks, Given: a. A volume is moved b. The moved-from fileserver breaks all callbacks for that volume. c. A given client does not see the break callback message. What happens? IIRC the file server puts the client on a client down list and ignores the client until the client contacts

Re: [OpenAFS] govenen laptop encryption requiements

2007-02-21 Thread tc
Gary Buhrmaster wrote: ted creedon wrote: Have openafs users been affected by http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2006/m06-16.pdf ? Anyone who is a Fed (or a Fed contractor) has had to deal with that memo, and address the issues (quite some time ago, actually). Primarily, the point

Re: [OpenAFS] Openafs Opensuse 10.2 Bosserver Problem

2007-02-21 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Michael Greiner wrote: Hi, After a long time of struggling I managed to get openafs to compile under Opensuse 10.2. Version is 1.4.2. Now I wanted to configure afs. But when I start /usr/local/sbin/bosserver -noauth Boslog says: server Directory access is okay Now, when I

Re: [OpenAFS] Latest round of Solaris 10 patches breaks AFS

2007-02-21 Thread Brian Sebby
This was first noticed when Solaris 10 11/06 was released with kernel patch 118833-33, and hit the rest of our Solaris 10 systems when they released kernel patch 118833-36. There is a fix for it, please read these postings from December:

Re: [OpenAFS] software for windows start out of OpenAFS Filespace?

2007-02-21 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Lars Schimmer wrote: Hi! Has anyone started a list (in a wiki or for only his own usage) of software for windows (workstations) which runs out of OpenAFS filespace? E.G. mplayer or media player classic should do without any problems. But are there more? MfG, Lars Schimmer Microsoft

Re: [OpenAFS] What happens if a client doesn't see a break callback caused by a volume move?

2007-02-21 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Kim Kimball wrote: Hello folks, Given: a. A volume is moved b. The moved-from fileserver breaks all callbacks for that volume. c. A given client does not see the break callback message. What happens? IIRC the file server puts the client on a client down list and ignores the client

Re: [OpenAFS] Tokens discarded during large file transfer

2007-02-21 Thread W. Mark Smith
After some further investigation, it appears that our problem is with a server running on a 64-bit machine (x86_64): I can create two volumes: one on a 64-bit server and another on a 32-bit server (i386). It seems that the problem might be with the cache write-through to the 64-bit server. The

Re: [OpenAFS] Tokens discarded during large file transfer

2007-02-21 Thread W. Mark Smith
In both cases, both client and server are on the same side of the firewall. W. Mark Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most people who get this error have the problem immediately after they log in. In my case, it consistently happens during large file transfers. The problem occurs when I am

Re: [OpenAFS] govenen laptop encryption requiements

2007-02-21 Thread Derrick J Brashear
I was curious because I've supplied laptops and SCADA software for a power plant at a Missile Defense Site. There's less than zero chance the laptops could be stolen or lost. Needless to say no one is concerned and I am just curious. Is any file data for the win AFS client left resident on the

Re: [OpenAFS] software for windows start out of OpenAFS Filespace?

2007-02-21 Thread David Bear
Hi! Has anyone started a list (in a wiki or for only his own usage) of software for windows (workstations) which runs out of OpenAFS filespace? E.G. mplayer or media player classic should do without any problems. But are there more? Well, you can add to the list a product called

[OpenAFS] openafs performance in an internet-scale traffic environment

2007-02-21 Thread Richard Human
Hi all, I'm currently investigating several options for a back-end storage system for an internet application. One of the solutions I'm investigating is open-afs and I'm wondering if open-afs is situated to this type of application. Some background: we have 4 front-end http servers

RE: [OpenAFS] govenen laptop encryption requiements

2007-02-21 Thread ted creedon
Handling the destruction of the disks is covered in the OM manuals for this project. There will be other projects in the future. Jeffrey's comment is useful. Tedc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derrick J Brashear Sent: Wednesday,

[OpenAFS] rc2 installation on FC6

2007-02-21 Thread Ron Croonenberg
Hello all, I managed to compile OpenAFS 1.4.3rc2 on FC6, however installing it is a different story. Kinda a bit of a rookie here when it comes to that, I am used to installing things with rpms. How do I install rc2 on an FC6 machine ? Do I just install an earlier version and then update

Re: [OpenAFS] openafs performance in an internet-scale traffic environment

2007-02-21 Thread Christopher D. Clausen
Richard Human [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So we're looking at open-afs. We are thinking of a situation where we have a cell of 2+ servers on the back-end with our data spread over a number of volumes, that we can move around. This takes care of the scalability issue. For redundancy we would

Re: [OpenAFS] openafs performance in an internet-scale traffic environment

2007-02-21 Thread Richard Human
Hi, Yes, although I haven't quite got my head around how I would fit the replicated volumes into the architecture. I was thinking of a scenario where I would have the r/w volume on one server in the cell and would replicate to at least 1 other server in the cell. So probably at least 3

Re: [OpenAFS] openafs performance in an internet-scale traffic environment

2007-02-21 Thread Matt Benjamin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Richard, OpenAFS definitely has been used in (some variant of) this way, with at least some success. You might find some reference to such on the openafs-info list from a few years go. I have not seen formal discussion of the results. Matt

Re: [OpenAFS] Openafs Opensuse 10.2 Bosserver Problem

2007-02-21 Thread Steve Devine
Derrick J Brashear wrote: On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Michael Greiner wrote: Hi, After a long time of struggling I managed to get openafs to compile under Opensuse 10.2. Version is 1.4.2. Now I wanted to configure afs. But when I start /usr/local/sbin/bosserver -noauth Boslog says: server

Re: [OpenAFS] Tokens discarded during large file transfer

2007-02-21 Thread Christopher D. Clausen
W. Mark Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What does rxdebug server 7000 -version return? AFS version: OpenAFS 1.4.1 built 2006-05-19 Can you try the 1.4.2 series? Or maybe the 1.4.3rc2 release? (On both the client and server.) CDC ___

[OpenAFS] windows network path not found

2007-02-21 Thread Dave Botsch
So, in concert with the Symantec Client Firewall, we've seen some systems give the network path not found when accessing ThisCell. Usually, this goes away after a while as specified in: http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2007-January/024992.html Note that network path not

Re: [OpenAFS] openafs performance in an internet-scale traffic environment

2007-02-21 Thread Jim Rees
How big is your working set? If it won't fit in your afs cache, you will not be happy. ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info

[OpenAFS] request for volunteer: anyone willing to port forward a mailman mod?

2007-02-21 Thread Derrick J Brashear
We have a bulk admin feature in our mailman install, though it's an out of date revision. Anyone willing to diff it out and port it forward, for contribution back to mailman? ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org

[OpenAFS] framework for future release model

2007-02-21 Thread Derrick J Brashear
Currently OpenAFS offers 2 trees, one development (the 1.5 series) and one stable (the 1.4 series), though this model has been strained as we have continued to support more versions of more platforms. 1) devel versus stable doesn't adequately characterize the trees when the 1.5 tree is now

[OpenAFS] Authlog questions

2007-02-21 Thread Jason Edgecombe
Hi Everyone, I'm going through the Authlog of our kas server to see who is still using it. We're doing this to prepare for turning off kas. I've found some weird message in the authlog and was hoping that someone could shed some light on them. Wed Jan 10 19:59:36 2007 Larry

Re: [OpenAFS] openafs performance in an internet-scale traffic environment

2007-02-21 Thread anne salemme
a couple of things to think about before plowing ahead...first, don't forget about the afs cache on your webservers, and think about how you will update files and coordinate the vos releasing of the volumes. if it is critical for the webservers to all see exactly the same data at exactly the

Re: [OpenAFS] find /afs/ breaking the client?

2007-02-21 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 09:30:07AM -0500, Derrick J Brashear wrote: On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Jakub Witkowski wrote: No, no oops. The system just... blocks. You can interact with programs already in memory, access open files, but not open new. I chose .14 mostly because I was having problems

Re: [OpenAFS] find /afs/ breaking the client?

2007-02-21 Thread Derrick J Brashear
Having that tasklist dump (alt sysrq t) would be helpful, before you switch. On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Troy Benjegerdes wrote: Actually, when it's hung in 1.5.x getting a task list (alt-sysrq-t) would be useful, if you can do it. I believe I have this problem with 1.5.14 with AFS as the root

Re: [OpenAFS] windows network path not found

2007-02-21 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Dave Botsch wrote: So, in concert with the Symantec Client Firewall, we've seen some systems give the network path not found when accessing ThisCell. Usually, this goes away after a while as specified in: http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2007-January/024992.html Note

Re: [OpenAFS] Authlog questions

2007-02-21 Thread Jeffrey Altman
Jason Edgecombe wrote: and what is this: Sat Jan 6 21:52:10 2007 OPENAFS-KDC-PROBE,afs:auth from xx I see lots of these. afscreds checking to see if the KDC is reachable before giving the user the option of obtaining a Kerberos TGT Jeffrey Altman Secure Endpoints Inc. smime.p7s