Re: [OpenAFS] kaserver deperecation, OpenAFS future, etc...

2006-10-19 Thread Sandesh V Chopdekar
> So can somebody in the know comment on why "ka5server" > wasn't the answer (for those who use kaserver)?  I guess, to avoid duplication of efforts. since kaserver is AFS customized kerberos(4) (right ?)  and the developers would have to keep fixing bugs in ka5server.    - Sandesh John

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: afs vs nfs

2005-11-23 Thread Sandesh V Chopdekar
> This can also be considered a disadvantage.  When using AFS, you are > forced to manage your storage the AFS way.  Files are effectively not > stored natively on the filesystem, and cannot be accessed via some other > method, and must be backed up via afs-specific methods. Namei does stores file

Re: [OpenAFS] afs:// url?

2005-05-12 Thread Sandesh V Chopdekar
Maybe it is this paper. Information Sharing Over a Wide-Area File System. Transarc Corporation, July 1994. - Mirjana Spasojevic, Mic Bowman, and Alfred Spector. Thanks and Regards, Sandesh Chopdekar , Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OpenAFS] Is /vicepa really mandatory on afs clients?

2005-04-05 Thread Sandesh V Chopdekar
/vicepa is not needed for clients - it is used by AFS fileservers. >> Is there a minimum size /vicepa must be? Can I make it 50 meg and everything still work? I don't know, but 50 meg is too less for a server. Though depends on the amount of data, that you want to put on it. But I