Is this RPC in all 1.4.x versions of the server code? On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 03:10:58PM -0500, Jeffrey Altman wrote: > 1.5.28 is the recommended production ready release of OpenAFS for > Microsoft Windows users. It supports all Microsoft Windows operating > systems from Windows 2000 through Windows Vista including both 32-bit > and 64-bit architectures. The 1.5.28 release continues the recent > efforts at optimizing the performance of the Windows client and > improving its scalability. > > For UNIX, Linux, and MacOS X the recommend production ready release of > OpenAFS is 1.4.5. The 1.5.28 Windows client is fully compatible with > all AFS server versions. > > Please visit http://www.openafs.org/windows.html for up to date > information on the status of the OpenAFS for Windows client. > > For Microsoft Windows: > > This release fixes reported bugs: > > * In 1.5.21 the Windows client began notifying the file server > during suspend and shutdown operations by calling the > GiveUpAllCallBacks RPC. It was discovered that all file server > releases prior to 1.4.6 (not yet released) and 1.5.28 do not > safely implement the RPC and can crash as a result. Therefore, > in 1.5.28 calling the GiveUpAllCallBacks has been disabled by > default. This call will be re-enabled in a future release in > approximately six months. Organizations should prepare to upgrade > their file servers to 1.4.6 when it is released. > > * Optimizations in the handling of .readonly volume callback > expirations were added. (a) The most recent callback expiration > is applied to all objects from the same .readonly volume. > (b) An optional automatic renewal can be activated by setting > the 'daemonCheckVolCBInterval' to a non-zero number of seconds. > > * Previous versions of the Windows client only supported > 32-bit data version values. As of 1.5.28 64-bit data versions > are supported. > > * aklog and asetkey no longer generate an exception if Kerberos > for Windows is not installed. > > * If the Microsoft LSA authentication function calls report a > temporary out of memory condition, fail the current authentication > attempt and do not panic. > > * When the AFS client service is shutting down, prevent the > daemon check thread from executing which may access discarded > lock objects or unmapped memory. > > * NEW FEATURE: New service parameter registry value "FollowBackupPath" > This provides equivalent functionality to the UNIX afsd -backuptree > option. When set to a non-zero value, normal mount points > originating in a .backup volume will prefer a .backup volume. > > * MSI installer now installs afslogon.dll and afscpcc.exe within > ...\OpenAFS\Client\Program\. This avoids confusion when installing > on 64-bit Windows. > > MIT Kerberos for Windows 3.2.2 > The recommended version of Kerberos for Windows to use with > OpenAFS is version 3.2.2. KFW can be downloaded from MIT or > Secure Endpoints. 64-bit Windows installers for KFW are only > available from Secure Endpoints. > http://www.secure-endpoints.com/index.html#kfw > > Known issues in the Windows client: > . Beta versions of the Network Identity Manager AFS plug-in must > be uninstalled prior to the installation of OpenAFS 1.5.26 > . Windows Vista does not support the WinHelp file format used > by afscreds.exe and afs_control.exe. A download is available > from Microsoft. > . On Windows Vista, afscreds.exe is not User Account Control (UAC) > compatible and must be "Run as Administrator" in order to > start/stop the AFS client service. > > Significant changes since 1.5.27 for all platforms: > > * An issue which could cause erroneous data to be written to the > CacheItems file on disk on multi-CPU systems has been corrected. > > * Several fileserver bugs fixed. > > AIX: > > * aklog no longer triggers a terminal hangup on AIX 5 (aklog NAS module > is similarly updated). > > * Kernel AFSDB support corrected. > > Linux: > > * NFS translator authenticated write bug fixed. > > * Hash inodes to avoid mmap hangs. > > * Updates for newer kernels. > > The Demand Attach File Server is a compile time option that produces a > file server that supports several new and important features: > > * an enhanced volume management library that supports: > . lock-less I/O > . on-demand attachment of volumes > . parallel shutdown of the file server > . on-line salvaging of volumes > . automatic detachment of inactive volumes > > * a new salvageserver daemon which can salvage volumes on-demand > > * a modified bos and bosserver > . fileserver state saving and restoration > - host state > - callback state > > With the DAFS, shutdown and startup of the file server is significantly > faster. Instead of salvaging a partition at a time, individual volumes > are salvaged in the background while volumes that do not need salvaging > are served by the fileserver to clients. Volumes are attached on-demand > and detached when no longer required. This reduces the number of > volumes that may require salvaging upon a restart. > > The DAFS requires significant testing before it can be put into a > production release. If your organization is willing to assist the > gatekeepers with testing this functionality, please contact us at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Please send reports of successful deployments to > [email protected] and report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jeffrey Altman > for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers > >
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