On 3/26/2010 6:40 PM, Jasper Moeller wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> with the current releases of OpenAFS (1.5.7{2,3}00), MSI installation
> fails consistently on my Win 7 machine - I'm using Windows 7 pro, x64,
> german.
> 
> Installation bombs out when installing the loopback adapter - the last
> message is "Could not update hosts file", then a message box pops up,
> stating "Installation of Network Provider failed - System error 5".

If you can capture an install log generated using msiexec.exe and
send it to [email protected], that would be appreciated.

The system error is "Permission Denied".  Is the installer running under
an Administrator account?  What are the permissions on the
%windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file?


> The 32bit exe installs fine. However, it seems to be unable to read the
> CellServDB file, which is definitely not empty, still the AFS control
> panel claims that there is no cell configuration.

The 32-bit installer cannot be used on 64-bit Windows.   For 64-bit
Windows there are two installers.  The full 64-bit installer that
installs the AFS cache manger and related tools and the 32-bit tools
installer that is meant for use with 32-bit applications that link
to OpenAFS libraries (for example, 32-bit KFW).

Jeffrey Altman

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