You need the kernel extension if you want to store your afs tokens. This really isn't a problem in practice though since I generally just run -localauth when I am root on the server.
In message <CAMHoRJgX4m=iPKKqRxh63kgmNTZT-Q426DA6v=Dap==nfvv...@mail.gmail.com>,Derrick Brashear writes: >on solaris with inode fileserver you need the kernel module, for >iopen(). otherwise, no kernel extension >is required by the server. > >On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Brent Dunlock <[email protected]> wrot= >e: >> Can you run a file server without also running a client? In particular, >> could you run a server without running the kernel piece (i.e. kmod-openaf= >s=85 >> or dkms etc.)? My understanding is that the server does NOT need the ker= >nel >> piece, but I would like to verify that. >> >> > > > >--=20 >Derrick >_______________________________________________ >OpenAFS-info mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info > _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
