[OpenAFS] afs and cron download jobs (will there be a glitch)?

Vladimir Konrad v.konrad@lse.ac.uk
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:59:01 +0100


> > Will there be a window when 2nd download job (while authenticating)
> > renders 1st download job (already in progress) without access?
> 
> Your choice...
> 
> keytab ------> credential cache  -------> token
> 
> Depending on the value of KRB5CCNAME you can choose different cache
> files and depending on the chosen pag the kernel will choose different
> token locations for you.
> 
> If you use Heimdals "kinit ..... command" it will do everything for
> you. From the man page:
> 
>      If  a command is given, kinit will set up new credentials
> caches, and AFS PAG, and then run the given command.  When it
> finishes the credentials will be removed.
> 
> Harald.

Thank you,

Vlad

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