[OpenAFS] authorization problems

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:21:20 -0400


Sanjay Dharmavaram <sd282@cornell.edu> writes:

> Hi,
>  I am installing Open AFS on a server in my lab. I followed all the 
> instructions in the Quick Installation guide and finally restarted the 
> computer. I then realized that I had not created the upserver. Now, when 
> I try to issue the bos create upserver ... command I get the following 
> error.
> "  bos: failed to create new server instance upserver of type 'simple' 
> (you are not authorized for this operation) "
>  I get the same error (not authorized for this operation) if I try 
> restarting the bos server. Can anyone tell me what';s going on?
> Sanjay.

Um, you dont have tokens?  Or you're not using -localauth?

-derek

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