[OpenAFS-port-darwin] Installing earlier version - resolved GUI issue

Systems Administration sysadmin@contrailservices.com
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:57:56 -0600


> Okay, it appears that once the AFS directory is accessed through the 
> GUI, the tokens at the GUI level
> do not seem to change until the computer is restarted.  Obtaining 
> tokens prior to clicking on the icon on the
> desktop provides GUI access to the directory below the top level of 
> AFS.  Very strange but acceptable in this
> case.

You should install the kfm_aklog utilities which will create a TGT and 
tokens for the user when they login to the Mac interface this way the 
user will be guaranteed to have a valid kerberos ticket and AFS token 
before they attempt to access any files through the GUI.

See:
http://web.mit.edu/macdev/KfM/Common/Documentation/faq-osx.html

and

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~arosenbl/AFS103.html