[OpenAFS-win32-devel] Problem obtaining tokens

[Rudi Strasser]

I am using offline folders for other servers, however, I do not use them (and 
I actually never did in the past) for \\afs.

To make it clear, I do not need to have the VPN connection in order to reach 
the afs cells. Opening the VPN before asking for the tokens is only a 
catalyst for a successfull completion.

Rudi

On Wednesday 20 October 2004 22:01, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> I will place a bet that you are using or have used Offline Folders
> and that
>
>  NET VIEW \\AFS
>
> will show the server as being offline until you access the VPN.
> This seems to be a configuration problem on Windows but I am not
> sure how to correct the configuration.
>
> Jeffrey Altman
>
> Rudi Strasser wrote:
> > I am experiencing a problem while obtaining tokens:
> >
> > 1) when I use the afs_credentials program to obtain the tokens it fails
> > with a message ("afs service is not started" or so). Nevertheless, it
> > seems to be able to communicate with the afs server, since it tells me
> > when I enter an incorrect password.
> >
> > 2) I found a workaround by accident: If I connect to a VPN account and
> > try to obtain the token while the VPN connection is active, the tokens
> > are returned successfully as soon as I quit the VPN connection (only
> > sometimes though). As soon as I have one token it is no problem at all to
> > get a token for another cell. All the AFS connections are working
> > excellent from that point. The only critical issue is obtaining the first
> > token.
> >
> > I am sorry that I can not be more specific about that issue, I wish I
> > could. Does anybody have a clue what could be the reason for the strange
> > behavior.
> >
> > The behavior is the same in 1.3.70/71/73.
> >
> > Best regards,  Rudi
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