[OpenAFS] AFS, MIT Krb5, W2k

[Derek Atkins]

Someone (Ken?) just needs to recompile the migration kit against
current KfW and repackage the result.

-derek

Charles McIntyre <mcintyre@cats.ucsc.edu> writes:

> This ends up to be a chicken and egg problem.  I would love to have
> the funding to be able to pay someone f/t or p/t to help our
> department with development, but we don't have that kind of money.  I
> could also propose to the higher-ups that we need a support contract
> for OpenAFS.  But I need to show proof of concept before I get the
> funding.  It seems to me that if there was an aklog easily available
> (read: no developer needed) that would work with ADS/MIT Kerberos
> setups, admins like myself would be able to promote the use of OpenAFS
> (read: buy support contract or hire developer) much more widely.
> 
> Additionally, I am more than willing to learn how to compile this code
> for our purposes.  Any pointers?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 01:05 PM 4/19/2002, Ken Hornstein wrote:
> > >I'm not sure, I guess that's why I'm asking questions about it.  Are you
> > >suggesting that it's not a good idea to use open-source products if we
> > >don't have someone on staff that understands the source?
> >
> >Well, shoot.  This is a bit philosophical, but I would say that ...
> >yes, it's probably not the best idea to use open source products if you
> >can't fix or adjust them to your site (that's assuming you're not
> >paying someone for support).  I'm not talking a development "staff" ...
> >we just have a few guys here, for example, and I understand that's
> >typical.  From your description, it sounded like you don't have anyone
> >there who can compile anything.  It sounds like you guys would be
> >better off just using a commercial solution, or paying someone for
> >OpenAFS support.
> >
> >--Ken
> 
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