debian/openafs-client.templates

   1 Template: openafs-client/cell-info
   2 Type: string
   3 _Description: DB server host names for your home cell:
   4  AFS uses the file /etc/openafs/CellServDB to hold the list of servers that
   5  should be contacted to find parts of a cell.  The cell you claim this
   6  workstation belongs to is not in that file.  Enter the host names of the
   7  database servers separated by spaces. IMPORTANT: If you are creating a new
   8  cell and this machine is to be a database server in that cell, only enter
   9  this machine's name; add the other servers later after they are
  10  functioning. Also, do not enable the AFS client to start at boot on this
  11  server until the cell is configured.  When you are ready you can edit
  12  /etc/openafs/afs.conf.client to enable the client.
  13
  14 Template: openafs-client/thiscell
  15 Type: string
  16 _Description: AFS cell this workstation belongs to:
  17  AFS filespace is organized into cells or administrative domains.
  18  Each workstation belongs to one cell.  Usually the cell is the DNS
  19  domain name of the site.
  20
  21 Template: openafs-client/cachesize
  22 Type: string
  23 Default: 50000
  24 _Description: Size of AFS cache in kB:
  25  AFS uses an area of the disk to cache remote files for faster
  26  access.  This cache will be mounted on /var/cache/openafs.  It is
  27  important that the cache not overfill the partition it is located
  28  on.  Often, people find it useful to dedicate a partition to their
  29  AFS cache.
  30
  31 Template: openafs-client/run-client
  32 Type: boolean
  33 Default: true
  34 _Description: Run Openafs client now and at boot?
  35  Normally, most users who install the openafs-client package expect AFS to
  36  be mounted automatically at boot.  However, if you are planning on
  37  setting up a new cell or are on a laptop, you may not want it started at
  38  boot time.  If you choose not to start AFS at boot, run
  39  service openafs-client force-start to start the client when you wish
  40  to run it.
  41
  42 Template: openafs-client/afsdb
  43 Type: boolean
  44 Default: true
  45 _Description: Look up AFS cells in DNS?
  46  In order to contact an AFS cell, you need the IP addresses of the cell's
  47  database servers.  Normally, this information is read from
  48  /etc/openafs/CellServDB.  However, if Openafs cannot find a cell in that
  49  file, it can use DNS to look for AFSDB records that contain the
  50  information.
  51
  52 Template: openafs-client/crypt
  53 Type: boolean
  54 Default: true
  55 _Description: Encrypt authenticated traffic with AFS fileserver?
  56  AFS provides a weak form of encryption that can optionally be used between
  57  a client and the fileservers.  While this encryption is weaker than DES
  58  and thus is not sufficient for highly confidential data, it does provide
  59  some confidentiality and is likely to make the job of a casual attacker
  60  significantly more difficult.
  61
  62 Template: openafs-client/dynroot
  63 Type: select
  64 __Choices: Yes, Sparse, No
  65 Default: Yes
  66 _Description: Dynamically generate the contents of /afs?
  67  /afs generally contains an entry for each cell that a client can talk to.
  68  Traditionally, these entries were generated by servers in the client's
  69  home cell.  However, OpenAFS clients can generate the contents of /afs
  70  dynamically based on the contents of /etc/openafs/CellServDB and DNS.
  71  .
  72  If you generate /afs dynamically, you may need to create
  73  /etc/openafs/CellAlias to include aliases for common cells.  (The syntax
  74  of this file is one line per alias, with the cell name, a space, and then
  75  the alias for that cell.)
  76  .
  77  The Sparse option is the same as Yes except that, rather than populating
  78  /afs from /etc/openafs/CellServDB immediately, cells other than the local
  79  cell will not appear until they are accessed.  Cell aliases as set in the
  80  CellAlias file are shown as normal, although they may appear to be
  81  dangling links until traversed.
  82
  83 Template: openafs-client/fakestat
  84 Type: boolean
  85 Default: true
  86 _Description: Use fakestat to avoid hangs when listing /afs?
  87  Because AFS is a global file space, operations on the /afs directory can
  88  generate significant network traffic.  If some AFS cells are unavailable
  89  then looking at /afs using ls or a graphical file browser may hang your
  90  machine for minutes.  AFS has an option to simulate answers to these
  91  operations locally to avoid these hangs.  You want this option under most
  92  circumstances.