OpenAFS port

[Boris Samorodov]

"Derrick Brashear" <shadow at gmail.com> writes:

>> > That's bad. Actually, it's horrible. It means you force a server to be in
>> > the same AFS cell as a client, whereas it's valid and I have done a
>> client
>> > in one cell as a server in another.
>>
>> Is it a typical configuration?
>
> Doesn't matter. Your proposed configuration precludes it from working even
> in an atypical configuration, which means "yopu're doing it wrong".

That was a curious-like question, not defending my point of view.

>> OK, let's find out what we can do here. Is it possible to configure
>> a client/server software to use non-default values? Say,
>> ETCBASE/openafs-client/* and ETCBASE/openafs-server/*?
>
> You could do that. And now we're back to "can be installed independently",
> which was the point in the first place, since it's compile time, and you are
> either doing that, or not.

I'll do whatever the right thing is. ;-) That's why I ask.
Seems that client may be configured while executing, i.e. changing
only an rc script.

>> But next, what to do with krb.conf? Seems there is no possibility
>> to use different kerberos configuration file for client and server.
>
> Only the server uses a krb.conf at all.

OK, good to know. Thanks for your help.


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