[OpenAFS] The removal of afscreds.exe and afs_config.exe on Windows Vista and Windows 7: Seeking Opinions

[David R Boldt]

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> Asanka Herath has implemented the desired functionality for the OpenAFS
> Network Identity Manager credential provider.  Starting with the next
> release, in addition to the NIM notification icon the AFS notification
> icon will also be generated and will provide feedback for four states:
> 
> - No tokens: indicated by a padlock with a bright red 'X' beside it.
> 
> - At least one valid token: indicated by a normal padlock.
> 
> - Service is not running: indicated by a grayed out padlock with
>   a black square beside it.
> 
> - Service error: indicated by a padlock broken in half.
> 
> The 'Service error' state means that the OpenAFS client service
> is technically running (as reported by Windows), but is not
> responding to requests.
> 
> In addition to the icon, hovering the mouse cursor over the icon
> will show details about the current state (such as the list of
> cells for which valid tokens exist) and the version of OpenAFS
> running on the machine.

This is wonderful. Thank you for creating it.


                                         -- David Boldt
                                             <dboldt@usgs.gov>


   "Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even 
    supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would
    be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble
    to acquire it."
    --Samuel Johnson

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<br><tt><font size=2>&gt; Asanka Herath has implemented the desired functionality
for the OpenAFS<br>
&gt; Network Identity Manager credential provider. &nbsp;Starting with
the next<br>
&gt; release, in addition to the NIM notification icon the AFS notification<br>
&gt; icon will also be generated and will provide feedback for four states:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; - No tokens: indicated by a padlock with a bright red 'X' beside it.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; - At least one valid token: indicated by a normal padlock.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; - Service is not running: indicated by a grayed out padlock with<br>
&gt; &nbsp; a black square beside it.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; - Service error: indicated by a padlock broken in half.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; The 'Service error' state means that the OpenAFS client service<br>
&gt; is technically running (as reported by Windows), but is not<br>
&gt; responding to requests.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; In addition to the icon, hovering the mouse cursor over the icon<br>
&gt; will show details about the current state (such as the list of<br>
&gt; cells for which valid tokens exist) and the version of OpenAFS<br>
&gt; running on the machine.</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=2>This is wonderful. Thank you for creating it.<br>
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David Boldt<br>
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&nbsp; &lt;dboldt@usgs.gov&gt;<br>
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<br>
 &nbsp; &quot;Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but
even </font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>&nbsp; &nbsp; supposing knowledge to be easily attainable,
more people would</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>&nbsp; &nbsp; be content to be ignorant than would
take even a little trouble</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=2>&nbsp; &nbsp; to acquire it.&quot;<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;--Samuel Johnson<br>
</font></tt>
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