[OpenAFS] testing out AFS client for newbies

[Timothee Besset]

Jeffrey Altman wrote:

>Timothee Besset wrote:
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>>Hello everyone,
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>>So .. I have installed the AFS client for windows ( XP ), as well as
>>Kerberos V .. and now I'm wondering if/how I can get a quick tour of AFS
>>functionality. That is, can I browse the global afs tree starting at
>>/afs/ and explore the readonly / public areas?
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>>Before I would decide to eventually setup my own cell ( and I know it's
>>going to be a lot of work ), I want to use the client and make sure
>>that's going to be the right thing for us ..
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>>Any help appreciated.
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>>TTimo
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>You can look through the contents of the
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>	c:\program files\openafs\client\CellServDB
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>file and find the list of publicly distributed cells.   You can browse
>the top levels of each cell in the Explorer browser using UNC paths
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>	\\AFS\cellname\
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Thank you!

I got more help on the IRC channel ( #openafs on freenode ) .. it looks 
like there was a bug in the installer, and the loopback interface did 
not get properly installed. I will report this to the -bugs list.

TTimo

>Enjoy.
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>Jeffrey Altman
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