On 5/26/2010 3:34 AM, Atro Tossavainen wrote: > Hi, > > I bumped into a problem today when trying to install 1.5.74 on a > Windows XP machine from the MSI kit. Specifically, the loopback > adapter installation failed, saying > "could not set the ip address and network mask", after which the > entire process rolled back and nothing was installed. > > How do I find out what is causing this and how do I fix it?
The most likely suspect is any security software you have installed
on the machine or malware that wants to ensure that it is not tampered with.
The first thing to do is run the installer with msiexec and obtain
verbose log output to find out what error code is being issued.
It is most likely "access denied" which would implicate the above
since XP does not have any restrictions when the installer is run
from an Administrator account.
In /afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/a/jaltman/Public/OpenAFS/Support is
a copy of the tool used to install the loopback adapter. You can
execute instloop.exe -i. That will provide more verbose output to
the console window.
> On another note, is there a way to prevent the "Obtain AFS tokens
> when logging in to Windows" from being automatically enabled after
> an install?
Three ways:
1. Custom install and deselect the "integrated logon" as part of
the install
2. Before reboot, configure the registry value. See Appendix A
of the release notes that ship with the product and are available
on the download page.
3. Apply a transform to the installer with your local site
configuration before installing.
Jeffrey Altman
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