[OpenAFS] Run file server without client?

Thomas Kula kula@tproa.net
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:00:08 -0400


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 07:56:20PM +0000, Brent Dunlock wrote:
> 
>    Can  you  run  a  file  server  without  also  running  a  client?  In
>    particular,  could  you  run a server without running the kernel piece
>    (i.e.  kmod-openafs...  or  dkms  etc.)?  My understanding is that the
>    server  does  NOT  need  the  kernel piece, but I would like to verify
>    that.

I do it all the time. In fact, all of my file servers are an OS that
currently doesn't have a client at all (NetBSD). Works just fine.

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