[OpenAFS] Installing client on Cent OS4

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Quoting daniel@mri.ucsd.edu:

> Hello All,
> I'm trying to install the AFS client on my CentOS 4 machine.  I downloaded
> the following rpms for RHEL4:
> openafs-1.4.1
> openafs-kernel-source-1.4.1
> openafs-client-1.4.1
> openafs-compat-1.4.1

Why not openafs-kernel-XXX for your particular kernel version?

> I did rpm -i for them in that order. I then go to
> /usr/src/openafs-kernel-1.4.1/ and the README states to do:
> ./configure
> make
> When it's done, the binary module will be src/MODLOAD-XXX/libafs-XXX.o and
> must be manually installed for your kernel
>
> It looks like make runs fine but there is no src/MODLOAD-XXX/, but there
> is libafs/MODLOAD-2.6.9-34.EL-SP/

Well, duh!  XXX is "fill in the blank"

> Within there, there is no libafs-XXX.o, but a libafs-2.6.9-34.EL.ko.

The only real change here is ".ko" vs. ".o"..  This is a 2.4 vs. 2.6 change.
The docs were written awhile ago and 2.6 changed the kernel module extension
to .ko.   The docs weren't updated...

> It says I'm supposed to copy the .o file to /usr/vice/etc/modload, but
> neither /usr/vice/etc/modload or the .o file exists. So I figure just
> create the modload dir and copy the .ko file over. Then I'm supposed to
> use afsmodname to add the module to my SymTable but afsmodname doesn't
> exist. Where did I go wrong? Did I miss an rpm?

No, Yes, Maybe...  You could have just used the pre-built kernel module
RPMs..  Or you could rebuild the SRPM into a kernel RPM (this has been
discussed numerous times on this list).

The docs are COMPLETELY wrong here.  You should copy the kernel module
to /lib/modules/.../openafs.ko and then you should run 'depmod -ae'.
There is no afsmodname anymore, nor /usr/vice/etc/modload..  Modules
are stored in the standard Linux Location in /lib/modules/

> Sounds like all I need is to incorporate AFS into the kernel somehow.

Yep.

> The documentation on openafs.org refers to the AFS_CDROM...
>
> -Daniel

-derek

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