[wplug] Discuss: Networking in an insecure world

[James O'Kane]

On Thu, 5 May 2005, Zachary Uram wrote:
>
> Can anyone set up their own cell and does it give you access to the
> other cells (/afs/andrew.cmu.edu, /afs/athena.mit.edu etc..)?

Yes to both, with some provisos. You can setup your own cell and you're 
encouraged to share the names of your db servers for inclusion in the 
shared list available for download and bundled in the distributions.
You can see /afs/andrew.cmu.edu, but if you don't have a token (like an 
account) in that cell, you won't be able to see everything. The AFS 
permission model is more tuneable and there is an anonymous group called 
system:anyser.

> Also can
> it be setup on laptop which has intermittent dialup net access (once
> or twice a day) ?

For a server? No. For a client? Yes. However, AFS was originally written 
before the afs of laptops.

> What do I need to get started with AFS? Is there a good setup guide?

I used these documents:
http://www.openafs.org/pages/doc/AdminGuide/auagd002.htm#ToC

But be warned that there a steaper learning curve compared to NFS or 
samba.

-james