[OpenAFS] HOWTO for installation on 7.1

[Derek Atkins]

I have no idea what you're talking about w.r.t. inetd.  OpenAFS
doesn't even provide inetd, let alone anything that uses it.
Certainly the RH RPMs don't.

If the RPMS don't work for your particular kernel (they seem to work
for some people, but not others) then I suggest that you build a new
kernel from scratch using the sources from kernel.org and then you
should be able to use the openafs-kernel-source RPM to build a kernel
module that works for your new kernel.

-derek

Eduo <eduo@ciateq.mx> writes:

> On 2 Jul 2001, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> Ok. I guessed so. It wouldn't be a surprise that RedHat "tweaked" RedHat's
> Linux installation with "features" they saw as neccessary.
> 
> Anyway, what procedure shoudl I follow. I have all sources, including
> kernel sources. Is there any special previsions I should make? (hence me
> asking for a HOWTO in the beginning, I haven't found a resource that steps
> you through the installation, nor documentation on how it should be at the
> end, nly administration and client usage).
> 
> Also, RedHat 7.1 implements a new kind of Inetd. Calle dXinetd this one is
> supposed to be much better and I use it a lot. Is it mandatory that I take
> this one out to use the OpenAFS one provided? Must I substitute all my
> xinetd resources witht he ones provided with AFS? Can Xinetd be used for
> the same purpose?
> 
> Eduo
> 
> > Eduo <eduo@ciateq.mx> writes:
> > 
> > > 2.-Are the binary rpm files for OpenAFS usable? Or should i better get the
> > > sources and compile it myself?
> > 
> > Some people have had success with the binary RPMs, and some people
> > have not.  I have been unable to figure out why it works for some
> > and not for others.  My guess is that Red Hat ships something like
> > 6 different kernels that use 5 different sets of symbols version,
> > all different.  This means that we would need 5 different kernel
> > modules for each red hat 'kernel'.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, due to naming, there is no way to figure out which one
> > to use given the current loading scheme.  I'm working on fixing that,
> > too.
> > 
> > However, since I do not have a RH 7.1 machine myself I don't have a
> > good way to test this.  I'm basically depending on Derrick to build
> > the 7.1 packages, and hopefully test them.
> > 
> > > 3.-Are the makefiles and sources really customized for RH 7.1? I see
> > > references there to Inetd whereas RH 7.1 uses xinetd, etc.
> > 
> > The makefiles are absolutely generic.  The RPMs do add some RH-specific
> > customizations, but not many.
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
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       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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