[OpenAFS] Windows clients: suggestions?

Jeffrey Altman jaltman@columbia.edu
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:04:16 -0400


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Sensei wrote:

>>     1. Use the Windows account tools to point the profile at
>>        \\AFS\cellname\path-to-profile
>>    
>>
>
>That's what I want to avoid: use two different patterns, and make the
>user modify his account. Should ldap help me?
>  
>
There is no LDAP involved in Windows account management unless you are 
using
Active Directory.   Windows won't even try to look for it.  If you are 
using local Windows
accounts on individual machines then you must use the local Windows 
tools to manage
those accounts.

>>I do not seem to remember receiving a bug report from you regarding a
>>crash; so there must not have been a crash.
>>    
>>
>
>It does when the login window appears.
>  
>
My point is, "what do you expect me or anyone else to do about a bug if 
you do not tell us
about it?" 

Even the statement above "it does when the login window appears" is 
useless.  What window
are you talking about?

What program is reported to crash?

What version of OpenAFS are you using?

What was logged to the Event viewer? 

What was logged to the afs log files?

What version of Windows? 

Which locale?

Since you are discussing login (perhaps winlogin.exe) do you have 
non-ASCII characters in the
username or password?

Bug reports are to be filed to openafs-bugs@openafs.org.   The report 
should be of sufficient
detail in order to allow the person attempting to fix the bug to be able 
to reproduce it.

Jeffrey Altman


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Sensei wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid1091089613.6293.10.camel@quantum.dia.uniroma3.it"
 type="cite">
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    <pre wrap="">     1. Use the Windows account tools to point the profile at
        \\AFS\cellname\path-to-profile
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
That's what I want to avoid: use two different patterns, and make the
user modify his account. Should ldap help me?
  </pre>
</blockquote>
There is no LDAP involved in Windows account management unless you are
using <br>
Active Directory.&nbsp;&nbsp; Windows won't even try to look for it.&nbsp; If you are
using local Windows<br>
accounts on individual machines then you must use the local Windows
tools to manage<br>
those accounts.<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid1091089613.6293.10.camel@quantum.dia.uniroma3.it"
 type="cite">
  <pre wrap=""></pre>
  <blockquote type="cite">
    <pre wrap="">I do not seem to remember receiving a bug report from you regarding a
crash; so there must not have been a crash.
    </pre>
  </blockquote>
  <pre wrap=""><!---->
It does when the login window appears.
  </pre>
</blockquote>
My point is, "what do you expect me or anyone else to do about a bug if
you do not tell us<br>
about it?"&nbsp; <br>
<br>
Even the statement above "it does when the login window appears" is
useless.&nbsp; What window<br>
are you talking about?<br>
<br>
What program is reported to crash?<br>
<br>
What version of OpenAFS are you using?<br>
<br>
What was logged to the Event viewer?&nbsp; <br>
<br>
What was logged to the afs log files?<br>
<br>
What version of Windows?&nbsp; <br>
<br>
Which locale?<br>
<br>
Since you are discussing login (perhaps winlogin.exe) do you have
non-ASCII characters in the<br>
username or password?<br>
<br>
Bug reports are to be filed to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:openafs-bugs@openafs.org">openafs-bugs@openafs.org</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; The report
should be of sufficient<br>
detail in order to allow the person attempting to fix the bug to be
able to reproduce it.<br>
<br>
Jeffrey Altman<br>
<br>
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