[OpenAFS] getting openafs for linux distro de jour (aka debian)

[Jonathan N Bersuder]

Kevin is correct, and those packages should be installed.
However the commands he gives are slightly off, unless there have been 
major changes in the module-assistant command. The most foolproof way to 
get the openafs module installed for the kernal is to do the following as 
root, once the packages Kevin mentioned have been installed:

# aptitude install module-assistant
# m-a prepare
# m-a -t a-i openafs-module
# aptitude install openafs-client
# /etc/init.d/openafs-client restart


On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Kevin Sumner wrote:

> Hey David,
>
> It will depend on if they're actually running Debian or a Debian variant. 
> Debian and Ubuntu both have packagings of OpenAFS in their Apt repositories. 
> For basic getting tickets Kerberos 5 tickets and generating tokens (kinit && 
> aklog) and poking around AFS, you'll need these packages from the standard 
> Debian repositories (on Ubuntu, I think these are in the universe repository, 
> but don't quote me on that):
>
> krb5-config
> krb5-doc
> krb5-user
> libpam-afs-session
> openafs-client
> openafs-doc
> openafs-krb5
>
> Debian is similar, if not the same as the above packages.  If you need more 
> help on packages for site-specific things, you can check `aptitude search 
> afs`.  You will also need to build and install a kernel module.  On Debian or 
> Ubuntu:
>
> aptitude install module-assistant
> module-assistant prepare openafs-modules
> module-assistant -a -i openafs-modules
>
> Kernel modules need to be rebuilt every time you upgrade the kernel.
>
> This is kind of a shotgun-blast that covers the most very basic.  As for 
> using OpenAFS on Linux, Debian has made installs much easier.  My two biggest 
> complaints are still rebuilding the module for every new minor kernel change 
> and afsd blocking or stalling boot when it doesn't have an IP address, 
> particularly for laptops, although this last one may have been addressed 
> recently.
>
> Cheers!
> Kevin
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>
> David Bear wrote:
>> One of the biggest pains  with openafs is getting it  in an install package 
>> for linux -- yes, red hat rpms are available at openafs.org 
>> <http://openafs.org> -- but every other year when I update my Suse Desktop, 
>> I have to search  for rpm's to get it installed in Suse .. 
>> Yes, there are problems with vendors and the way the distribute their linux 
>> de jour .... and today that linux is Debian. 
>> One of our students bought an eeepc (cute laptop, under 3 points, with a 
>> debian variant), wanting to get openafs running. 
>> Can anyone tell me where we might find an openafs deb package ??  AND how 
>> to make apt-get openafs grab everything needfull for a client install 
>> (included the kernel module) work?
>> 
>> I'm a debian idiot ... BTW, we did find something at debian.org 
>> <http://debian.org> that suggested adding a repository to an /etc/apt... 
>> forgot the name -- but it didn't work. 
>> Sorry this is a half rant... I just hate how much work it is to use openafs 
>> on linux..
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> David Bear
>> College of Public Programs at ASU
>> 602-464-0424
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