Re: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-31 Thread Thimo Neubauer
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:48:11PM -0500, Ron Croonenberg wrote: > What I want is a local user on "that" machine (a backup server) to run > vos and create dumpfiles on that machine. Only very few (uuhh just > me) are allowed on that machine. > I know I need to install afs in some sort of fash

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-26 Thread Ron Croonenberg
ailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Croonenberg Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org Subject: RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine Hi Kim, I noticed that the -loca

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-26 Thread Dexter 'Kim' Kimball
OTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Croonenberg Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org Subject: RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine Hi Kim, I noticed that the -localauth had somet

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-25 Thread Ron Croonenberg
uestion is secure/limited access, which yours is. Kim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Croonenberg Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-25 Thread Dexter 'Kim' Kimball
TED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Croonenberg Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org Subject: RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine Hi, I have installed/s

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread Ron Croonenberg
exactly!! What I want is a local user on "that" machine (a backup server) to run vos and create dumpfiles on that machine. Only very few (uuhh just me) are allowed on that machine. I know I need to install afs in some sort of fashio, that's ok BUT I do not want anyone to be able to log in to

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread hays
--On Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:10 PM -0400 "Ron Croonenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uhm, ok, someone else suggested to not do any "pam" stuff.. that way afs = users can simply not use the machine. I thought that maybe there was some "elegant" way to do what I wanted. Ron, I may

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread Ron Croonenberg
Hi, I have installed/setup : openafs-1.2.13-rhel3.0.1 openafs-client-1.2.13-rhel3.0.1 openafs-kernel-1.2.13-rhel3.0.1 now if I try to do a vos dump like : vos dump -id homestaff.cowboy.backup -f /data/afs-dump/homestaff.cowboy.backup -localauth th

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread Dexter 'Kim' Kimball
-Original Message- From: Ron Croonenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org Subject: RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine Hi Kim,

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread Ron Croonenberg
Hi Kim, >Hi Ron, >Guess you're up and running :) Yup, had some communication problems between the "old" server and the new box. >The AFS commands can be run from any AFS client. Right.. BUT I don't want to just install the AFS client because I don't want anyone to really have access to that

RE: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread Dexter 'Kim' Kimball
Hi Ron, Guess you're up and running :) The AFS commands can be run from any AFS client. AFAIK if a user doesn't have an entry in /etc/passwd they're not able to log in. PAM may be able to circumvent this, I'm not an expert, but suspect if you try using an /etc/passwd with just the permitted log

Re: [OpenAFS] running vos from "another" machine

2005-08-24 Thread Matthew Weigel
Ron Croonenberg wrote: > (Actually what I want is "a" machine to run OpenAFS so that I can use > vos on it, but I don't want anyone with an afs account to be able to log > in to the box, except an OpenAFS admin maybe.) > > Can that be done ? (and if so what do I need ?) OpenAFS authentication is