After further testing it appears that the log on dialog box only shows up when the machine is first rebooted after the installation. This seems to be independent of the setting of the LogonOptions. I can live with this behavior.
Thanks for the help, Hugh Caldwell Astor & Sanders EWeb Systems Administrator United States Geological Survey 703-648-6812 (Office) 703-598-3472 (Cellular) [email protected] Room 2C123B From: Jeffrey Altman <[email protected]> To: Hugh Caldwell <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: 02/01/2010 01:20 PM Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Custom MSI Question Sent by: [email protected] On 2/1/2010 11:35 AM, Hugh Caldwell wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been tasked with creating a custom msi for our organization and > have a question that I'm hoping the list can help me with. > > Basically I need to disable integrated authentication. I've discovered > that setting the > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\NetworkProvider\LogonOptions=dword:00000000 > > disables the integrated authentication but a log on window still appears > when the users log on to the workstation. Toggling "Obtain AFS tokens > when logging into Windows" in the afs_config app stops this behavior. > Could someone tell me what settings are being adjusted by the check box > in the afs_config app? > > If that isn't clear this is the behavior that I'm seeing. > > Create and install an msi with the Logon Option set to 0. > Logon to windows and the afs logon window pops up. > Go into afs_config and enable the "Optain AFS tokens" checkbox. > Log off and back on and get an authentication error. > Go into afs_config and disable the "Optain AFS tokens" checkbox > Log off and back on and no window pops up. This is the behavior that I > would like to have when my msi is first installed. > The answers to your questions are documented in the OpenAFS for Windows Release Notes. Start Menu->OpenAFS->Documentation->Release Notes See Chapter 7 "MSI Deployment Guide". Specifically 7.2 Configuration Options. Jeffrey Altman
