[OpenAFS] Output of tokens command intermittently shows AFS ID

Marcus Watts mdw@umich.edu
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:05:00 -0400


Writes "John W. Sopko Jr." <sopko@cs.unc.edu>:
> Does anyone have a clue why the "tokens" command sometimes shows the
> (AFS ID xxxx) and sometimes it does not as shown below? The
> problem is intermittent.
...

The tokens command outputs 'AFS ID' if the difference between the token
EndTimestamp and BeginTimestamp is odd, 'Unix UID' if the difference
is even.

There's logic in openafs [in src/auth/ktc.c] that increments
BeginTimestamp if the difference is even (or makes it odd if the client
name doesn't start with "AFS ID "...)

Evidently whatever mechanism you're using to acquire tokens in redhat
doesn't adjust BeginTimestamp.  Probably you get the "wrong" behavior 50%
of the time.

				-Marcus Watts