[OpenAFS] Knfs doesn't work on an AFS/NFS translator under OpenAFS
Derek Atkins
warlord@MIT.EDU
20 May 2003 20:06:01 -0400
Renata Maria Dart <renata@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> We use jumpstart to install our solaris systems and we use the
> translator in the jumpstart post-installation script to install
> AFS on those systems.
This doesn't explain the need for a translator -- just include AFS
with your tftp'd miniroot and create a memory cache, and then install
the machine from there.
> We also have a handful of ancient NeXTs
> which use it (I know, I'm not likely to get much sympathy there).
Ok, so "legacy".. Well, tell your NeXT users to get machines that
are less than 10 years old.... ;)
> -Renata
-derek
> >Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 14:38:29 -0400
> >From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
> >Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Knfs doesn't work on an AFS/NFS translator under OpenAFS
> >To: Renata Maria Dart <renata@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
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> >The translator code was never released by IBM, so it's no surprise
> >that what's in OpenAFS is insufficient. Although I do have
> >to wonder why you are using the translator -- what are your
> >client platforms, and why can't you run AFS on them?
> >
> >-derek
> >
> >Renata Maria Dart <renata@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> >
> >> Hi, we have been running an AFS/NFS translator for years under
> >> Transarc AFS. As part of our migration to OpenAFS, I just tested
> >> the translator on a solaris 9 system running OpenAFS 1.2.9
> >> and found that it only works to a limited degree. It allows me
> >> to read files in my AFS home directory, but I cannot get write
> >> privileges with the knfs command. I get the following:
> >>
> >> renata@afstrans $ 10:41 knfs -host some-nfs-client
> >> knfs: failed to copy tokens (code 22)
> >>
> >> If I reboot the test translator after switching to Transarc AFS (3.6 2.43),
> >> knfs on the nfs client succeeds and I then have write access.
> >>
> >> Is this a know problem with OpenAFS? Or is there something
> >> extra that needs to be done in order for OpenAFS to succeed
> >> as a translator?
> >>
> >> -Renata
> >>
> >>
> >> Renata Dart | renata@SLAC.Stanford.edu
> >> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
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> Renata Dart | renata@SLAC.Stanford.edu
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> Stanford, California 94025 | (650) 926-3329 (fax)
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