[OpenAFS] mac install instructions
Derrick Brashear
shadow@gmail.com
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:31:21 -0400
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On 11/1/07, David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:25:58PM -0400, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> > On 11/1/07, David Bear <David.Bear@asu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > It's been 3+ years since I installed openafs on a mac. The experience
> > > then was less the possitive. I'm hoping to find an installation
> > > readme somewhere to go over. I am not finding anything like that on
> > > openafs.org. do I have to download the openafs for mac before I get
> > > the readme?
> >
> >
> > um. double-click the installer package in the dmg, optionally edit
> > /var/db/openafs/etc/ThisCell, reboot, done?
>
> thanks. I was worried about other issues like 'integrated logon', ie.
> will the user need to klog from a term, or is there some kind of pam
> integration for afs -- or do I need to intall MIT kerb for mac ...
> etc.
macos comes with kerberos. you may wish to integrate with login, but the
current packages don't. if you want to add it, it's yours to add.
Also, last time we use openafs on a mac, finder would hang on occasion
> when accessing afs volumes so I assumed I had done something wrong on
> the install.
hang, or just be slow? remember it wants to stat everything.
it should behave better now by default
last, since everyone has their own idea about where to put things, I
> was curious if there was something like transarc-paths or mac-paths or
> whatever .. I will just assume that need to look in
> /var/db/openafs/etc/ for configuration items -- also that openafs
> client with auto-start (when I install openafs on suse it does not
> auto-generate the start links in /etc/init.d/rcN.d ( or since mac is
> bsd would it be /usr/local/etc/rc?? )
/Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/OpenAFS
is what gets run. It will start by default
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Bear</b> <<a href="mailto:David.Bear@asu.edu">David.Bear@asu.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 12:25:58PM -0400, Derrick Brashear wrote:<br>> On 11/1/07, David Bear <<a href="mailto:David.Bear@asu.edu">David.Bear@asu.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > It's been 3+ years since I installed openafs on a mac. The experience
<br>> > then was less the possitive. I'm hoping to find an installation<br>> > readme somewhere to go over. I am not finding anything like that on<br>> > <a href="http://openafs.org">openafs.org</a>. do I have to download the openafs for mac before I get
<br>> > the readme?<br>><br>><br>> um. double-click the installer package in the dmg, optionally edit<br>> /var/db/openafs/etc/ThisCell, reboot, done?<br><br>thanks. I was worried about other issues like 'integrated logon', ie.
<br>will the user need to klog from a term, or is there some kind of pam<br>integration for afs -- or do I need to intall MIT kerb for mac ...<br>etc.</blockquote><div><br>macos comes with kerberos. you may wish to integrate with login, but the current packages don't. if you want to add it, it's yours to add.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Also, last time we use openafs on a mac, finder would hang on occasion<br>when accessing afs volumes so I assumed I had done something wrong on
<br>the install.</blockquote><div><br>hang, or just be slow? remember it wants to stat everything.<br><br>it should behave better now by default <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
last, since everyone has their own idea about where to put things, I<br>was curious if there was something like transarc-paths or mac-paths or<br>whatever .. I will just assume that need to look in<br>/var/db/openafs/etc/ for configuration items -- also that openafs
<br>client with auto-start (when I install openafs on suse it does not<br>auto-generate the start links in /etc/init.d/rcN.d ( or since mac is<br>bsd would it be /usr/local/etc/rc?? )</blockquote><div><br>/Library/StartupItems/OpenAFS/OpenAFS
<br></div><br>is what gets run. It will start by default<br></div><br>
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