[OpenAFS] OpenAFS and LInux PAM

[Raymond]

Sorry for all the questions but the documentation is unclear to me or doe=
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elaborate on certain issues; in this instance it is Linux and PAM.

I would like to create user system accounts with a /bin/false shell (this=
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worked will with FTP and PAM in the past). All users will be Win2k / XP=20
clients. The disadvantage has been that the user cannot change his or her=
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password. When utilizing this configuration, no FTP user account is creat=
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as any authentication requests are forwarded to the system for a valid us=
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and password.

In the case of Linux (rh73) OpenAFS and PAM, do I bypass creating the use=
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and passwords, instead creating home directories, permissions,=20
subdirectories, mount points and volumes? Or will OpenAFS create the syst=
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accounts via PAM. If so, what about existing system accounts?

Should AFS-specific user and group accounts such as anyuser be created as=
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system user and group accounts when using PAM?

Will kpasswd change the system password when utilizing PAM system=20
authentication?

The documentation discusses HOW to configure OpenAFS and PAM but does cle=
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detail the interaction. Perhaps someone could post a separate doc on this=
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Lastly, as Redhat kernels update so frequently, would someone consider po=
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a Redhat-distro-specific kernel.src.rpm that could be configured with=20
--rebuild and --define 'kernel <kernel>' args.  This would make life much=
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easier for may of us Redhat Network subscribers (and probably the OpenAFS=
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maintainers).

Thanks in advance

Raymond