The problem with using AFS authentication on a popserver
is that, compared to local authentication, AFS authentication
takes much more resource and time. It involves connecting
to the AFS kaserver across the network.
Typically, popserver users connect and login very frequently
(perhaps every minute) just to check if they have new mail.
All this login activity soon swamps a popserver that is
using AFS login authentication.
One pragmatic solution I found was to change the login
authentication on the popserver from AFS to local
encrypted password) files.
The upside of this is that suddenly the login process
is lightweight and much faster: the popserver is not
overwhelmed by login activity.
The downside is that users now have another password
(the local one on the popserver) to remember and you
must provide a mechanism for users to change their
popserver local password.
In any event, I would recommend you also look at using
an IMAP server instead of a POP server.
--
cheers
paul http://acm.org/~mpb
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> I am having problems running pop server on a AIX box with afs3.5 and
> later !!! afs3.4 seems to work better...
> After some hrs client meltsdown !!! I am using afs authentication... Is
> there any special settings required for setting this up!!!
>
> Thanx in advance for y'r help,
> Regrds
> satish
