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Date:      Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:23:28 +0300
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        "Derrick Brashear" <shadow@gmail.com>
Cc:        Tony Jago <tony@convoitec.com>, Alec Kloss <alec@setfilepointer.com>, "<freebsd-afs@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-afs@freebsd.org>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>
Subject:   Re: OpenAFS port
Message-ID:  <82043519@bb.ipt.ru>
In-Reply-To: <db6e3f110812130802x3e3e3978s8ed3c5c483070831@mail.gmail.com> (Derrick Brashear's message of "Sat\, 13 Dec 2008 11\:02\:33 -0500")
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"Derrick Brashear" <shadow@gmail.com> writes:

>> > That's bad. Actually, it's horrible. It means you force a server to be in
>> > the same AFS cell as a client, whereas it's valid and I have done a
>> client
>> > in one cell as a server in another.
>>
>> Is it a typical configuration?
>
> Doesn't matter. Your proposed configuration precludes it from working even
> in an atypical configuration, which means "yopu're doing it wrong".

That was a curious-like question, not defending my point of view.

>> OK, let's find out what we can do here. Is it possible to configure
>> a client/server software to use non-default values? Say,
>> ETCBASE/openafs-client/* and ETCBASE/openafs-server/*?
>
> You could do that. And now we're back to "can be installed independently",
> which was the point in the first place, since it's compile time, and you are
> either doing that, or not.

I'll do whatever the right thing is. ;-) That's why I ask.
Seems that client may be configured while executing, i.e. changing
only an rc script.

>> But next, what to do with krb.conf? Seems there is no possibility
>> to use different kerberos configuration file for client and server.
>
> Only the server uses a krb.conf at all.

OK, good to know. Thanks for your help.


WBR
-- 
Boris Samorodov (bsam)
Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP
FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve



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