[OpenAFS] OpenAFS disallows principals with dots in them. Was: Strange permission denied!

[Michael Joyner ᏩᏯ]

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Simon Wilkinson wrote:
>
> On 9 May 2009, at 16:29, Michael Joyner =E1=8F=A9=E1=8F=AF wrote:
>>>
>> Yes, there are dots. no slashes or other special characters.
>
> By default, OpenAFS disallows principals with dots ... you can disable
> this check by starting all of your servers with the
> -allow-dotted-principals option.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.
>
Results from todays testing =3D=3D no problems so far....

Now I gotta figure out how to crontab pts user create and vol's for
users home directories based on the output of lw-ypcat passwd. (And
perhaps groups as well based on lw-ypcat group).

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