[OpenAFS] GUI Tools

[David Miller]

I've also had a bit of a look into a GUI for openafs.
the Java API looked promising, but requires a kaserver cell.
so doesnt work with kerberos setups

the perl AFS module also looked good.
http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~nog/doc/afsperl.html
but currently segfaults with a multi-threaded perl, which most linux 
distributions now package.
http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/kwiki/nog/afsperl/index.cgi?ProductionVersion

I had a look at the openafs libs for coding something in C.
but couldnt find any decent docs or examples, and I didnt have the time 
to learn the API without a point in the right direction. using the 
openafs libs directly would be my prefered way, with a cross platform 
GUI toolkit. If anyone can suggest a decent place to start looking into 
this, please do so.

So currently I'm using perl and AFS::Command (in CPAN), which is a perl 
OO wrapper to the commmand line tools...along with perl-gtk
which is far from great.


Joshua Johnson wrote:

>Just $.02.
>
>The thought had once crossed my mind of porting the Windows Server Manager and 
>User Manager tools to WxWidgets (formerly WxWindows).
>
>http://www.wxwidgets.org/
>
>It might be a way to get a common GUI tool on multiple platforms (Windows, 
>GTK+, MacOS).
>
>The windows tools are by no means perfect, but they are nice for "newbies" 
>that feel comfortable with the mouse.
>
>My previous experience with WxWidgets suggests that if someone can handle MFC, 
>WxWidgets are not a stretch. 
>
>Anyone else (thought of /looked into) this?
>
>Thanks !
>  
>