Problems running arla on mac

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RD Schaffer <R.D.Schaffer at cern.ch> writes:

> Hi there,
>
>    I have been fairly frustrated getting arla to run on my mac.

Sorry to hear that.

> Some background: I have been running fine with OpenAFS. That is until
> I discovered that OpenAFS has problems compiling files on afs with gcc
> -
> the compiler runs off the end of the files and complains about unknown
> characters.

I know what the problem is with OpenAFS, just send a mail to
openafs-bugs at openafs.org and told them what they need to fix.

> I have recently downloaded the arla-0.35.11 binaries. They install
> fine. When I start ArlaConfiguration I do get a warning box: "The
> program you are using needs to use a system file that may reduce the
> security of your computer" and refers to "xfs.kext" It says I should
> contact the provider and get a new version. I have the options to
> "use" or "fix and use". I have tried both. This does start the afs
> deamon alright. I have set up for two cells I use and changed ThisCell.

Ok, seems good,. I think someone told me how to remove the error, but I
can't remember that now.

> Now to get a token, I see in /usr/arla/bin only aklog. There used to
> be a kalog with arla-0.35.10, but not with this new version. aklog
> doesn't work for me, e.g.

Do cern use kerberos 5 yet ? If they do you can use the Afslog.app and
Kerberos Extras.

> I can get a token using klog from OpenAFS:

We are trying to kill aklog and klog. That kalog is missing seems to be a
mistake when I built the binary package, or its that Mac MIT kerberos is
missing the tf functions. Oh, well, I will fix that to next release.

> So this looks fine. Now my problem is that I don't seem to be able to
> cd into the afs directories. For example:
>
> [mac-88165] ~ % cd /afs/cern.ch
>
> [mac-88165] cern.ch % ls
> afs     asis    chorus  compass eng     jetset  na38    na49    nomad
> project rd44    sw      user    wa98
> aleph   atlas   cms     cplear  exp     l3      na44    na50    opal
> ps205   rd45    system  usr
> alice   chic    common  delphi  group   lhcb    na48    na60    phys
> pttools spy     ubackup w3.org
>
> [mac-88165] cern.ch % cd atlas
> cd: network is down: atlas

Does this work w/o tokens ? I'm asking since it works for me on my iBook.

If you use tha kalog from 0.35.10, does it work for you then ?

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