[Unix-help] Stand-alone Linux OpenAFS Release Announcement (fwd)

[Robert M. Lang]

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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:45:05 -0500
From: William Cattey <wdc at MIT.EDU>

In response to requests by Linux users on campus, Information Services
and Technology is pleased to announce support and an MIT-tailored
installer for the OpenAFS client for stand-alone Red Hat Linux 9.  This
OpenAFS client gives authenticated, secure access to the Institute's AFS
file service infrastructure as well as access to the world-wide AFS file
service infrastructure.

Staff from across MIT collaborated on the stand-alone Linux OpenAFS
Release Team to provide and support this client. The team worked
together with the MIT community to release a product that we anticipate
will meet the needs of the growing number of stand-alone Linux users
on campus who wish to gain access to AFS.

Details about the product and how to obtain it follow below.  If you 
have
a question or need assistance, please contact the Computing Help Desk at
computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101. We are pleased to support OpenAFS
for Linux.

Who Should Use and Why
---------------------------------------

Customers with non-Athena Red Hat 9 Linux desiring access to files in
AFS should install this software.

Other New and Supported Features
--------------------------------------

This is the first installer provided by IS&T to allow non-Athena Linux
users at MIT to gracefully utilize the AFS file service.

This distribution contains proper configuration to enable authenticated
access to AFS cells ATHENA.MIT.EDU authentication realm.

Known Issues
--------------------

Customers familiar with software available under Athena in AFS
"lockers" can expect SOME, not all, of that software to work.  At issue:
Some is license-restricted only to Athena systems.  Others require tools
that are only part of a comprehensive Athena installation.

Individual locker maintainers are responsible for addressing this
issue.  If you do not experience the behavior you expect from a
particular locker, notify the locker maintainer.  (The maintainer should
have put a README file in the top level of the locker providing contact
information.)

How to get stand-alone Linux OpenAFS
---------------------------------

See the stand-alone Linux OpenAFS product front door at:
http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?name=openafs&platform=Linux
to learn the prerequisites and how to install them.

Obtain the complete instructions at:
http://itinfo.mit.edu/article?id=6843

Getting Help
-------------------------------------
The MIT "OpenAFS for Red Hat Linux: Getting Started" web page is at:
http://itinfo.mit.edu/article?id=6844

If you have a question or need assistance, please contact the
Computing Help Desk at computing-help at mit.edu or x3-1101.

Bill Cattey
Stand-alone Linux OpenAFS Product Release Coordinator
MIT Information Services and Technologies