[OpenAFS] afs/cell@REALM vs afs@REALM vs 1.5.68

[Derrick Brashear]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Adam Megacz <adam@megacz.com> wrote:
>
> Many AFS tools will accept either of these two principals for the
> vlserver/dbserver/fileserver:
>
> =A0afs/cell@REALM
> =A0 =A0 =A0 afs@REALM
>
> Is one preferred over the other for new cells?

yes. afs/cell@REALM allows a realm to host more than one cell.

>
> Moreover, there seems to be some sort of change in the behavior of the
> 1.5.68 aklog relative to 1.4.11; the new aklog only appears to attempt
> the latter one.

There seems not to be.

[scully:openafs/src/aklog] shadow% what `which aklog`
/usr/bin/aklog
         OpenAFS 1.5.68 built  2009-12-06
         OpenAFS 1.5.68 built  2009-12-06
[scully:openafs/src/aklog] shadow% aklog athena.mit.edu
[scully:openafs/src/aklog] shadow% klist
Kerberos 5 ticket cache: 'API:Initial default ccache'
Default principal: shadow@ANDREW.CMU.EDU

Valid Starting     Expires            Service Principal
12/28/09 09:54:58  12/29/09 10:53:18  krbtgt/ANDREW.CMU.EDU@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 09:55:00  12/29/09 10:53:18
host/johnstown.andrew.cmu.edu@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 15:05:42  12/29/09 10:53:18  krbtgt/ATHENA.MIT.EDU@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 15:05:43  12/29/09 10:53:18  afs/athena.mit.edu@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18
[scully:openafs/src/aklog] shadow% aklog cs.cmu.edu
[scully:openafs/src/aklog] shadow% klist
Kerberos 5 ticket cache: 'API:Initial default ccache'
Default principal: shadow@ANDREW.CMU.EDU

Valid Starting     Expires            Service Principal
12/28/09 09:54:58  12/29/09 10:53:18  krbtgt/ANDREW.CMU.EDU@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 09:55:00  12/29/09 10:53:18
host/johnstown.andrew.cmu.edu@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 15:05:42  12/29/09 10:53:18  krbtgt/ATHENA.MIT.EDU@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 15:05:43  12/29/09 10:53:18  afs/athena.mit.edu@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 15:07:24  12/29/09 10:53:18  krbtgt/CS.CMU.EDU@ANDREW.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18

12/28/09 15:07:24  12/29/09 10:53:18  afs@CS.CMU.EDU
        renew until 01/04/10 09:53:18


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