From bff2577d703cfc9c3d2ea37023a3eabf61423e3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russ Allbery Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:27:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * Document FAM's lack of support for AFS's security model and recommend gamin instead. (Closes: #343246) --- debian/README.Debian | 10 +++++++++- debian/changelog | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index 6456353dd..0c0262a5a 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ Introduction dd, create an ext2 file system in it with mkfs, and then mount it with mount -o loop for use as a cache partition. + FAM does not work correctly with AFS except for directories that are + world-readable since it does not run in the user's security context and + therefore doesn't have the user's AFS tokens. If you are using FAM, + you'll encounter errors from file managers such as Nautilus that use it + if you browse restricted AFS directories. Instead of FAM, install + gamin, which runs in the user's security context and works correctly + with AFS. + For information on how to set up an OpenAFS server, read README.servers. You will want the openafs-fileserver package for a file server and, additionally, the openafs-dbserver package for a database server. @@ -120,4 +128,4 @@ PAM Authentication the openafs-kpasswd package to get the administrative utilities for managing those Kerberos accounts. - -- Russ Allbery , Sat Dec 10 20:11:43 2005 + -- Russ Allbery , Tue Dec 20 17:24:51 2005 diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0cc1690be..a41bcce89 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ openafs (1.4.0-3) unstable; urgency=low * Apply patch to allow the module to build with the Ubuntu kernel. Thanks, Björn Torkelsson. (Closes: #342607) + * Document FAM's lack of support for AFS's security model and recommend + gamin instead. (Closes: #343246) * Add a hint to README.Debian on what to do about the cache partition if running ReiserFS or XFS without a spare partition. -- 2.39.5