[OpenAFS] Web Server Processes Lost Token

Derek Atkins openafs-info@openafs.org
16 Apr 2002 11:20:00 -0400


Is the web-server user being added to a new group?  If so, then
you do need to refresh your tokens to get the new group to be
visible.

-derek

Harald Falkenberg <hfalken@x4u2.desy.de> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> we are running on our site an Apache web server started in a shell with a
> valid token, to enable the web server to access into our AFS space.
> Although I can see within a CGI script, that I should have a valid
> token by using 'tokens' or 'tokens.krb', I can't access certain
> direcotries, which are only accessible for the user, who owns the web
> server. This problem ocurred in the past from time to time, but now very
> freuqently. When I give the web server process environment a new token by
> a complete new start, than everything is working well again.
> 
> I compared the pag number of this process group with the entries in the
> token cach, and it looks like as if everything is ok. The web server
> processes are still referencing to their original pag numbers.
> 
> On the web server machine we are still using the transarc client version
> 3.6 2.6 on solaris 7.
> 
> Does anyonye have an idea of what is going wrong in our web/AFS
> environment?
> 
> For any hint I would be very glad.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 	Harald
> 
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