[OpenAFS] Windows : CellServDB from website at install-time?

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:08:35 -0400


On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Jeff Blaine <jblaine@kickflop.net> wrote:
> On 4/27/2010 3:30 PM, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>>
>> .exe has it
>>
>> .msi does not
>
> I have the complete opposite listed in my notes and our
> documentation for users per previous conversation with
> the list. =A0*confused*
>
>> I have recommended for a long time that organizations should distribute
>> openafs msi installers that have been customized using transforms to
>> include their own configuration data for their users. =A0This is
>> documented in the release notes. =A0Asanka Herath also gave a talk on th=
is
>> subject at the NJIT AFS and Kerberos workshop.
>
> In an ideal world, I would learn how to do such a thing
> and make one. =A0As it is, this small step proved good
> enough for the time-being for the ~10 Windows+OpenAFS
> users we deal with.

The msi transform is incredibly simple, you write it once, and then
run it. I have no idea if you have a support contract but your support
contractor could certainly do it too.