[OpenAFS-devel] "Lost contact with file server" problems

[Russ Allbery]

Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@secure-endpoints.com> writes:

> Now the question is what is the client doing with the RXKADEXPIRED
> error when it receives it from the server.   The answer appears to
> be "not much".   It looks to me as if the client is simply issuing
> a warning to the user that the tokens are expired.   It does not
> actually remove the tokens or reset the connection.

> The Windows client will dump the tokens and reset the connection
> when an RXKADEXPIRED is received.   Perhaps the Unix client needs
> to do the same.

The code is certainly present to do so, as I've seen it happen regularly.
The module logs a kernel message saying that the token has expired and
discards the token.

Why it's not happening in this case, I have no idea.

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>