[OpenAFS] NFS/AFS Translator

[Derek Atkins]

As was already pointed out, you can use a user-space NFS Daemon
to serve /afs in a read-only capacity.  You do not need the actual
translator.  If you just need read-only re-export via NFS, I'd
recommend that route.

-derek

David Thompson <thomas@cs.wisc.edu> writes:

> While I wouldn't recommend or use the translator in an authenticated 
> environment (can you say "Evil"?), we have made excellent use of it in 
> read-only environments, specifically re-sharing installation images (Red Hat, 
> *BSD, etc.) from afs through nfs.
> 
> In an appropriately limited role, I think the translator is a Good Thing(tm).
> 
> Dave
> 
> "Steven N. Hirsch" wrote:
> >On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> >
> >> Back when we (RPI) first started using AFS, we also used the
> >> NFS/AFS translator for some platforms.  Our experience with
> >> it was not particularly wonderful.  I wouldn't plan to use it
> >> for anything, based on our experience.
> >
> >I'll second that with a vengeance!  At work, I actually tried to implement
> >a production process which involved a translator connection.  I found it
> >to be slow and quirky.  Fortunately, the need for it disappeared soon
> >afterward when a native AFS client became available (Digital Unix 4.0.)
> >
> >
> >
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