AFS
(Andrew File System)

Installing AFS 3.5 for Linux at Fermilab

We've been working here at Fermilab to be able to get our AFS clients setup at easy as possible. Through the work of several people we have been able to get it down to basically four steps.

Fermi Linux 5.2

Getting the correct kernel installed

rpm -Uvh ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/521/i386/Fermi/kernel-2.2/newkernel-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
newkernel
**note: if you are using an smp kernel it is best to just upgrade to Fermi Linux 6.1.1.**

Installing AFS

rpm -Uvh ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/521/i386/Fermi/RPMS/afs-fermi-3.5-1.i386.rpm

Getting the correct ssh installed

First check to see if it is already installed by doing
     rpm -qa | grep ssh
If it is just a regular ssh, and not some release of ssh-afs then do the following
     rpm -e ssh
     rpm -Uvh ftp://linux-rep.fnal.gov/pub/security/ssh-afs-1.2.26-1.i386.rpm

Reboot the machine

Fermi Linux 6.1.1

This works the same for Fermi Linux 6.1.1 and Fermi Linux 6.1.1a

Fermi Linux 6.1.1 has a 2.2.x kernel installed by default.  You do not need to do anything to the kernel

InstallAFS

First check to see which afs release you should get at my afs-rpms page
     rpm -Uvh ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/611/i386/DONOTEXPORT/storage/<latest AFS rpm>


Install Pam modifications

First check to see which afs pam  release you should get at my afs-rpms page
     rpm -Uvh ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/611/i386/DONOTEXPORT/storage/<latest AFS PAM rpm>


Getting the correct ssh installed

First check to see if it is already installed by doing
    rpm -qa | grep ssh
If it is just a regular ssh, and not some release of ssh-afs then do the following
     rpm -e ssh
     rpm -Uvh ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/611/i386/DONOTEXPORT/storage/ssh-afs-1.2.27-3.i386.rpm

Reboot the machine

Fermi Linux 6.1.1b

As of this writing 6.1.1b is still not released.  The major difference between the regular 6.1.1 and 6.1.1b is the we have included the fixed version of insmod.  To check to see if you need to follow these instructions do a 'rpm -q modutils'.  If the answer is modutils 2.3 or above, follow these directions.  If it is modutils 2.1 or below then follow the instructions for the regular Fermi Linux 6.1.1.

Fermi Linux 6.1.1b has a 2.2.x kernel installed by default.  You do not need to do anything to the kernel

InstallAFS

First check to see which afs release you should get at my afs-rpms page
Be sure to look for 6.1.1b, instead of a.
     rpm -Uvh ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/611/i386/DONOTEXPORT/storage/<latest AFS rpm>


Install Pam modifications

First check to see which afs pam  release you should get at my afs-rpms page
    rpm -Uvh ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/611/i386/DONOTEXPORT/storage/<latest AFS PAM rpm>

Getting the correct ssh installed

First check to see if it is already installed by doing
    rpm -qa | grep ssh
If it is just a regular ssh, and not some release of ssh-afs then do the following
     rpm -e ssh
     rpm -Uvh ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/611/i386/DONOTEXPORT/storage/ssh-afs-1.2.27-3.i386.rpm

Reboot the machine

How-To
Sept. 29, 2000