[OpenAFS] Re: Ubik problem

Harald Barth haba@kth.se
Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:07:12 +0200 (CEST)


> > I'd suggest just using the IBM binary for the kaserver (and only the
> > kaserver) in your OpenAFS installation
> 
> That's an interesting thought, but unfortunately it's nowhere near
> an option.  sunx86_ is quite simply not a supported platform for
> IBM AFS at all, even at 3.6 Patch 19 (August 2009).

"It's dead Jim."

If you really want to run kaserver in 2010, you'll have to do it on
hardware matching the age of the software, say an Sun SS10. It's not
like that there hasn't been an upgrade path to krb5 for years.

Harald.