OpenAFS 1.5.24 released

1.5.24 is the recommended production ready release of OpenAFS for
Microsoft Windows users.  It supports all Microsoft Windows operating
systems from Windows 2000 through Windows Vista including both 32-bit
and 64-bit architectures.  The 1.5.24 release continues the recent
efforts at optimizing the performance of the Windows client and
improving its scalability.

For UNIX, Linux, and MacOS X the recommend production ready release of
OpenAFS continues to be 1.4.4.  The 1.5.24 Windows client is fully
compatible with all AFS server versions.

Please visit http://www.openafs.org/windows.html for up to date
information on the status of the OpenAFS for Windows client.


Significant changes since 1.5.23:

Microsoft Windows:

  * A null pointer could be dereferenced when crossing symlinks
    that would result in a panic.  If you have 1.5.22 or 1.5.23
    install you should install this update.

Known issues in the Windows client:
    * Beta versions of the Network Identity Manager AFS plug-in must
      be uninstalled prior to the installation of OpenAFS 1.5.24
    * Windows Vista does not support the old WinHelp file format used
      by afscreds.exe and afs_control.exe.
    * On Windows Vista, afscreds.exe and afs_config.exe are not User
      Account Control (UAC) compatible and must be "Run as
      Administrator" in order to modify the AFS Client Configuration or
      start/stop the AFS client service.


Please send reports of successful deployments to
[email protected] and report problems to [email protected].

Jeffrey Altman
for the OpenAFS Gatekeepers