Re: Five questions on MSI and Heimdal

Tommie Gannert wrote:

>Hi all.
>
>To the point:
>
>  1) While doing 'Remove' in the 20040715 MSI, the title changes from
>     "Remove OpenAFS for Windows" into "{&DlgFontBold8}Remove OpenAFS..."
>     after half a second of display.
>  
>
I will send this to the MSI author.

>  2) Is it a feature or a to-be-implemented that I can't upgrade
>     directly with MSI? (Have to remove first)
>  
>
Feature.

>  3) In the install-notes it says cifs/[machine] should be created
>     with the same key as host/[machine]. How do I copy/retrieve the
>     key of a --random-key created principal in a Heimdal KDC.
>  
>
I don't work with Heimdal.  Although it may not be possible with random 
keys. 
Windows machine passwords however are not random keys.  The 
administrator must
know what they are in order to set them on the Windows machine via KSETUP.

>  4) Which installation method will be the official for 1.3.70: MSI,
>     NSIS or IS?
>  
>
MSI and NSIS are both official.  IS is dead.

>  5) I have a global mapping of my /afs/cell to Z:. I can't access Z:
>     without first opening \\AFS\cell, and hitting Cancel in the
>     password dialog. Is this because I'm missing the cifs/ principal?
>     Why am I still able to use Z: as normal, even if hit Cancel (I
>     think that's pretty counter-intuitive)?
>  
>
You shouldn't be prompted for a password when accessing \\AFS\cell.  
Although I don't
recommend creating global mappings to cellnames.  You should create a 
submount name
which maps to the cell and then global share the submount.