[OpenAFS-win32-devel] Slow Windows logins with AFS installed

[Ted Anderson]

On 01/26/2006 01:03, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> There is no problem. 

Glad to hear it.

> One of the functions of afslogon.dll separate
> from obtaining tokens is to ensure that the OpenAFS Client Service is
> in a running state before allowing the user's profile to execute.
 > If you are seeing a delay it is because the AFS Client Service is not
 > starting and this may very well be due to the fact that the drivers
 > and services upon which the AFS Client Service depends are either not
 > properly configured on your machine or have not been able to finish
 > starting themselves.

I don't believe this explanation applies to my case.  My AFS client 
service is configured to start at boot time.  I do not use a roaming 
profile and none of my profile stuff is stored in AFS.  The delay I am 
seeing occurs when logging in and out without rebooting, and while using 
AFS just fine both before logging out and after logging back in.

> Note that if you can't access your AFS cell AND  you are not using
> Freelance mode, the AFS Client Service is not going to be able to start
> because it won't be able to access the root.afs volume until the VPN is
> up.  This is part of the reason Freelance mode exists.

Right, this is part of the reason why I have enabled the freelance 
client.  With freelance, the configuration of the default cell seems to 
have little functional impact, but does provide the convenience of not 
having to specify a cell when running klog and pts commands.

Once I get logged in and start the VPN, AFS works just fine, both with 
and without the registery settings I needed to alter.  Based on this, my 
suggestion is that these settings should automatically be removed when 
"Obtain AFS tokens when logging into Windows" is NOT checked.

Ted

> Jeffrey Altman
> 
> Ted Anderson wrote:
> 
>>I have had a problem with recent versions of Windows AFS in which it
>>causes a long delay (60-90 seconds) when logging in.  I always disable
>>integrated logon, but it doesn't help.  In the past, I had to search
>>through the registry and find references to afslogon and got rid of some
>>of them.  Through trial and error and numerous reboots I was able to get
>>login to go at a normal speed.  Lately, though I've been using Spybot
>>Search and Destroy, so I have a more deterministic mechanism to report.
>> I go into the tools section, system startup panel and delete the
>>entries for AfsLogon and KFWLogon (this latter might not be necessary as
>>I don't run KfW).  Then I reboot and login is fast.
>>
>>My situation is that I generally use AFS through a VPN, which is off
>>when I login.  I have the client configured into a cell behind the VPN.
>> So after logging in, I start the VPN and run klog before attempting to
>>use AFS.  I am using freelance to create the /afs volume dynamically.  I
>>am running Windows 2000 Professional SP4.  I observe these slow logins
>>on both my desktop and laptop, so it isn't a funny characteristic of a
>>single machine.
>>
>>With the release of 1.4.1rc5, I installed the latest Windows client
>>(server is uninstalled, but I have the MS Loopback adapter installed)
>>and verified that the problem remains and the above-described
>>work-around still works.
>>
>>Is this a known problem?  Is there a better fix than using Spybot tools?
>> Is there other information about my configuration I could provide that
>>would help?
>>
>>Ted Anderson
>>
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