Re: Slow Windows logins with AFS installed

Jeffrey Altman <[email protected]> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:01:09 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.file-systems.openafs.devel.win32
Organization Secure Endpoints Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Ted Anderson wrote:
> On 01/26/2006 22:42, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>> Ted Anderson wrote:
> It would seem that this would delay the first login after booting the
> system, assuming the AFS is configured to start a boot time, which I do.
>  But it does not seem like it would affect subsequent log ins.  Yet, it
> is slow logins long after the system has booted and AFS is running
> correctly that I am referring to.

If you are seeing delays after you know the AFS Client Service is
running, then please turn on logging for the Integrate Login
functionality and send the Event Log output to [email protected].

> Do you mean to say that the code "ensures" "that AFS is functional"
> every time some one logs in?  What type of checks does it do?

It calls the Service Control Manager and asks the state of the
AFS Client Service.  If it is not in a "Running" state and the
service is not set to "manual" or "disabled", it waits.

Jeffrey Altman
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