[OpenAFS] OpenAFS & Linux kernel 2.6: please have a trackable bug report / task ?

[Lester Barrows]

On Wednesday 18 February 2004 08:47, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> If you promise me Linux Security Module will be on in every kernel I could
> do it now, probably. And I can certainly imagine ways of doing it,
> *right*, without touching groups.

Not to interrupt or intrude, but all software has requirements of some sort. 
If you make the Linux Security Module an AFS requirement for those running 
the 2.6 kernel, then it seems that the problem is halfway solved. Some form 
of Kerberos client is already necessary in userspace, and enabling a kernel 
security module for AFS is IMO more comfortable (from a security standpoint) 
than enabling RPC to get NFS support...

If it's possible to do it a different way then that's also good. If the Linux 
Security Module is the cleanest way to do it though, and it sounds like 
that's the case, then why worry too much about the requirement? All 
counter-arguments to the effect of "why don't you contribute the code" are 
100% valid of course, but I haven't the understanding of AFS internals to do 
so. :-)

Regards,

Lester Barrows
Asani Solutions, LLC
Code IC Systems Group
NASA Ames Research Center

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