Appendix A. Managing the NFS/AFS Translator

Table of Contents

Summary of Instructions

Overview

Enabling Unauthenticated or Authenticated AFS Access
Setting the AFSSERVER and AFSCONF Environment Variables
Delayed Writes for Files Saved on NFS Client Machines

Configuring NFS/AFS Translator Machines

Loading NFS and AFS Kernel Extensions
Configuring the Translator Machine to Accept AFS Commands
Controlling Optional Translator Features
To configure an NFS/AFS translator machine
To disable or enable Translator functionality, or set optional features

Configuring NFS Client Machines

To configure an NFS client machine to access AFS

Configuring User Accounts

To configure a user account for issuing AFS commands

Authenticating on Unsupported NFS Client Machines

To authenticate using the knfs command
To display tokens using the knfs command
To discard tokens using the knfs command

The NFS(R)/AFS(R) Translator enables users working on NFS client machines to access, create and remove files stored in AFS. This chapter assumes familiarity with both NFS and AFS.

Summary of Instructions

This chapter explains how to perform the following tasks by using the indicated commands:

Mount directory on translator machine	mount
Examine value of @sys variable	fs sysname
Enable/disable reexport of AFS, set other parameters	fs exportafs
Assign AFS tokens to user on NFS client machine	knfs


Administering the UserList File		Overview