An open implementation of the Andrew File System (AFS). AFS is a distributed filesystem designed to provide a single file system tree for different participating organizations, potentially spread out across the globe.
4
votes
2answers
110 views
Distributed storage [closed]
At my University Department we are about to upgrade the computers of our student lab (about 25-30 machines). The machines will be running Linux.
One thing about the new machines is that they have ...
1
vote
1answer
20 views
How do I find out the current remaining lifetime of my AFS tokens?
I can use klog to renew my AFS token, but I am wondering whether there is an equivalent command to view the remaining lifetime of my AFS token.
0
votes
1answer
38 views
openafs over internet /afs/mycell connection timed out
I am trying to connect to my openafs-server from the internet.
kinit user; aklog
works, I get the ticket from the kerberos server and the token for afs.
As a measure of desperation I put the ...
0
votes
1answer
95 views
finding directories that consume a lot of the AFS volume quota
The AFS volume quota is almost exceeded for one of our computer users. Running fs listquota or fs lq gives him a warning:
olifri@ubuntu:~$ fs listquota ~
Volume Name Quota ...
0
votes
0answers
119 views
pGina with automatic Kerberos ticket and OpenAFS token/ticket
I am currently updating our educational Windows lab images from XP to 7, In doing so we are also migrating from Comtarsia to pGina. Unfortunately somewhere in the transition our automation that ...
0
votes
1answer
59 views
OpenAFS on OpenVZ guest
I'm trying to install and configure an OpenAFS server inside an OpenVZ container.
However, when running afs-newcell, it complains that the AFS client cannot be started. It says "AFS module ...
0
votes
1answer
87 views
Sudden catastrophic failure of kerberos
I've been playing with my openAFS setup, and adding keys for the afs principle for kerberos. Now, suddenly, Kerberos has gone down (or something).
Kadmin gives the following error:
kadmin -p admin
...
3
votes
2answers
319 views
In search of a network file system with extended caching to speed up file access
I'm running a small home server that stores my documents. The disks in this server are in a RAID 1 configuration (using Linux md) and it's also periodically being backed up to an external hard drive ...
6
votes
4answers
731 views
Networked filesystem with user level security for linux
I want to enable file sharing between servers and clients, both linux. I don't want to rely on machine trust like in NFSv4 because client users will have root privileges. What are my options besides ...
1
vote
2answers
608 views
OpenAFS on Fedora/CentOS
I am trying to see if OpenAFS fits my needs as a distributed filesystem and is a bit stuck. There are docs but they're all quite hard to understand, so asking for some expert advice here. My ...
