From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 21:53:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED1F16A420 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:53:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trashcanaccount@hotmail.com) Received: from hotmail.com (bay110-f12.bay110.hotmail.com [65.54.229.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DD643D45 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:53:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trashcanaccount@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:53:44 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 65.54.229.220 by by110fd.bay110.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:53:43 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.241.129.106] X-Originating-Email: [trashcanaccount@hotmail.com] X-Sender: trashcanaccount@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: From: "Craig Ryhorchuk" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:53:43 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Mar 2006 21:53:44.0926 (UTC) FILETIME=[9C99AFE0:01C63D7A] Cc: drosih@rpi.edu Subject: Re: AFS in FreeBSD 5.4 or 6 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:53:46 -0000 Around about Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:20:46 -0500 Garance A Drosihn commented: >At 6:27 PM +0000 2/28/06, Craig Ryhorchuk wrote: >>Hello, >> >> I am looking for specific instructions on installing, >>maintaining and using AFS with FreeBSD 5.4 or 6. I want to set >>up one or more servers and make them available to clients running >>whatever O/S. I think Arla has the client side covered if >>necessary, but all I can find for server-side is a downloadable >>instruction-free bundle for 6.0 on the OpenAFS site. There are >>specific instructions for other supported O/Ss but none for FreeBSD. >>I have Googled and searched; not exhaustively I hope. There has >>to be something out there. > >I think there are some people who run openafs servers on FreeBSD, >but probably just people who already know enough about running >OpenAFS servers that it is "obvious" (to them) what you would >need to do. > >The problem is that the openafs client-side for FreeBSD never >gets quite to the point of working. So, the number of openafs >users on freebsd never reaches critical mass to get some of the >less exciting work done -- such as OS-specific documentation... Thanks for the info. That's a bummer. I thought this might be the perfect solution to a business problem, but if this is the state of it, I guess the idea is a non-starter. *sigh* - I guess it's back to linux again. I know. I need to port it myself and not complain, but I claim to be a sysadmin and not a kernel hacker.