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

Christopher D. Clausen cclausen@acm.org
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:35:10 -0500


David Boyes <dboyes@sinenomine.net> wrote:
>> 1. afscreds simply doesn't work reliably.  as a result, its continued
>>    use is in my opinion not an option on Vista, 2008 and Windows 7.
>
> Valid point, but it seems a bit precipitous to remove it before a
> replacement with equivalent function is available. Clearly it works
> for *some* people.

It also clearly doesn't work for some people.  Perhaps just making the 
installation of afscreds optional would be acceptable?

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