[OpenAFS] Windoze NT Client can't obtain new token

[Paul Blackburn]

Hamish Marson wrote:

> I have an existing AFS (IBM's AFS 1.2.4) cell that I'm trying to get 
> my (Shudder) windoze NT desktop to use. I've installed the AFS client 
> on the windoze box, and it can mount the afs root volume on z:, but 
> when I try to authenticate ta the PC and get a token, I get (Afetr a 
> long pause)
>
> The AFS client was unable to obtain tokens as <user> in cell <cellname>
>
> Error: 56 (Authentication Server was unavailable).
>
> Using tcpdump on the database server with kaserver running on it, I 
> see packets incoming to port 750... And nothing is listening on 
> there... Authentication works fine from all my Unix hosts... So I'm a 
> wee bit confused as to why windoze need to talk to my db server on 
> port 750 while my Unix hosts don't...
>
> Looking on the archives (No search avail?) I found one thread from 
> last month that looked similiar, but it was a firewall problem, and 
> doesn't look exactly like mine... Anyone got any ideas?
>
Hello Hamish,

IIRC, you need to edit /etc/services on your (AIX) database server(s).
Ours has:

#rfile          750/tcp
#loadav         750/udp
kerberos        750/tcp
kerberos        750/udp

HTH.
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cheers
paul                           http://acm.org/~mpb