Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:53:43 +0000 From: "Craig Ryhorchuk" <trashcanaccount@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: drosih@rpi.edu Subject: Re: AFS in FreeBSD 5.4 or 6 Message-ID: <BAY110-F121C0826DEF6371D78B9EEBEF40@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <p0623090ac02bbf094318@[128.113.24.47]>
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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.
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