Mike Bydalek wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I currently have OpenAFS 1.4.1-rc6 Windows clients using Kerberos
> authentication.  The problem I'm having is that we unfortunately use
> Quickbooks.  I know byte-range locking on Windows clients is still
> somewhat up in the air, so I can't reliably store the data files on the
> server.

In 1.4.1 the Server fully implements byte range locking.  However,
the byte range locks are not backed by AFS locks.

After 1.4.1 ships we will release 1.5 which will be a development
release.  This release will experiment with backing the byte range
locks with AFS file locks.  However, it will only be safe to use when
all of the clients accessing the files support the locks.

> The catch-22 is that since I'm using Kerberos for authentication, I
> can't get peer to peer sharing working because Windows is looking for a
> domain controller (I think), and can't find one.  I know this isn't
> really an OpenAFS question, but I'm hoping that someone else out there
> will have a similar setup with a suggestion on how I can share these
> Quickbooks files.

XP Workstation shares require that either a domain account be used or
a local account.  The user connecting to the share must know the name
and password of the account in question.  NTLM will be used unless you
have disabled it by policy.

Jeffrey Altman

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