[OpenAFS] Java AFS API?

Robert Banz rob@nofocus.org
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:31 -0700


On Jul 10, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Chris Kurtz wrote:

>
> We have a Java servlet that is currently pulling data from AFS and  
> treating it like local disk or an NFS mount.
>
> Is this the best way to do this? Is there a Java API or some way for  
> servlets to access AFS directly?
>
> For this application, we have AFS set to not need tokens (via an  
> internal host acl).

That's the best thing to do -- you should run your JVM within a a PAG  
that has tokens to provide it with some authentication, though.

-rob