[OpenAFS] Knfs doesn't work on an AFS/NFS translator under OpenAFS
Renata Maria Dart
Renata Maria Dart <renata@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>
Wed, 21 May 2003 10:25:59 -0700 (PDT)
>Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 20:06:01 -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>
>Cc: openafs-info@openafs.org
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>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 will definitely move to a different mechanism if the translator
becomes unsupported, but I see a message from openafs-bugs further
on in my mailbox and so I think we'll hold out for a fix.
>
>> 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.... ;)
As one of our NeXT users just said to me..."You don't TELL NeXT users
anything!" ;-)
>
>> -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
>> Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
>> 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97 | (650) 926-2848 (office)
>> Stanford, California 94025 | (650) 926-3329 (fax)
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Renata Dart | renata@SLAC.Stanford.edu
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 97 | (650) 926-2848 (office)
Stanford, California 94025 | (650) 926-3329 (fax)