[OpenAFS] Problems with W2K OpenAFS

[Douglas E. Engert]

Stan Gowen wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Is anyone out there successfully using the Windows NT/2000 OpenAFS package?

Works fine for me.
> 
> I just installed it and believe/hope I have configured it appropriately for
> my cell.
> 
> But...., I'm getting the following error when I attempt to get a token:
> 
> Error - AFS Client
> The AFS Client was unable to obtain tokens as <myid> in cell <mycell>.
> Error: 56 (Authentication Server was unavailable)

Id this a firewall  issue?

> 
> I enabled the  "Report Session Startups" option under Diagnostic
> Configuration and get the following message in the Application Log:
> 
> The description for Event ID ( 1004 ) in Source ( AFS Client ) cannot be
> found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information
> or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The
> following information is part of the event: SMB session startup, 0 ongoing
> ops.
> 
> I also noticed that I have been getting this message in the Application log
> every 3 minutes since I enabled the AFS Client service to start at bootup,
> so I don't think it's related to when I attempted to get tokens
> 
> Anyone out there encountered this problem and fixed it or have any ideas
> what I can check/try?
> 
> I can access my AFS Authentication Server for my cell from both a Linux and
> AIX box with no problems, so I don't think the problem is a server side
> problem unless there is something our AFS admins need to do to support W2K.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help!!!
> 
> Stan Gowen   (sgowen@us.ibm.com)
> STI Design Center - Software Development
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