[OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-10-18 Thread avison48
Take 2 with right subject!! (yahoo=curses+curses) Good day, all, & especially Steven Jenkins who responded (thank you!) I do have some clarification questions. I'm very grateful for your patience and for your being so helpful. Rough recap of plan: . antique Win2K IBM/TransArc 3.5 AFS server . ne

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-10-14 Thread Steven Jenkins
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:44 PM, avison48 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Respectful greetings AFS gurus, > > > In trying to migrate the account-data & user-data off this antique Win2K > IBM/TransArc3.5 AFS server onto RHEL4.5 OpenAfs server (& retire the Win2K > server); > would this idea work: >

[OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-10-14 Thread avison48
Respectful greetings AFS gurus, In trying to migrate the account-data & user-data off this antique Win2K IBM/TransArc3.5 AFS server onto RHEL4.5 OpenAfs server (& retire the Win2K server); would this idea work: I believe the RHEL4.5 server can become a secondary fileserver & database server to

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-10-09 Thread Jeffrey Altman
avison48 wrote: > Greetings all, > > Couple questions to clarify, in learning about two very different AFS > contexts (old = IBM/TA 3.5 Win2K, new = OpenAFS RHEL4.5) > > I think this is true - with OpenAFS, there are AFS accounts & Kerberos > principals (entities/accounts so to speak) but only t

[OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-10-09 Thread avison48
Greetings all, Couple questions to clarify, in learning about two very different AFS contexts (old = IBM/TA 3.5 Win2K, new = OpenAFS RHEL4.5) I think this is true - with OpenAFS, there are AFS accounts & Kerberos principals (entities/accounts so to speak) but only the Kerberos one has a password

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-09-15 Thread Sergio Gelato
* avison4 [2008-09-13 17:54:05 +]: > Sergio Gelato said > > My favourite cell setup instructions are the ones that ship as part of > > the Debian OpenAFS packages. The reason is that they don't require you > > to use the -noauth switch. > > When I looked at this, the only "instructions" for c

[OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-09-15 Thread avison48
hello, Still working on this. Jason said: > These instructions might help. > http://www.dementia.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/FedoraAFSInstall They look clear, thank you for pointer Jason! Except they still assume you own & manage your own Unix KDC, which is not true here. The new test machine ha

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-08-31 Thread Harald Barth
> For making a new cell/server IBM AFS doc instructs to start > 'kaserver' which I get the impression is now verboten? > Is that the only part of the IBM AFS doc that > is to be ignored? Or most/all? Just replace the "ka" stuff with a Kerberos server (for example AD) of your choice. > Can the

Re: [OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-08-30 Thread Jason Edgecombe
avison48 wrote: > Dear All, > > Begging your pardon for my questions, not being familiar with > AFS but must migrate this server. > > Abandoning the idea of trying to mirror the IBM AFS3.5 Win2K > server onto a SL4.5 server, now to start experimenting with > setup test AFS cell, to get a feel for h

[OpenAFS] Re: Win2K AFS server, setup SL4.5 test-cell server then migrate...

2008-08-30 Thread avison48
Dear All, Begging your pardon for my questions, not being familiar with AFS but must migrate this server. Abandoning the idea of trying to mirror the IBM AFS3.5 Win2K server onto a SL4.5 server, now to start experimenting with setup test AFS cell, to get a feel for how it works. For making a new