Installation of OpenAFS rpms: Get latest rpms from http://www.openafs.org/ : openafs-1.2.13-rh7.3.1.i386.rpm openafs-client-1.2.13-rh7.3.1.i386.rpm openafs-kernel-1.2.13-rh7.3.1.i386.rpm openafs-krb5-1.2.13-rh7.3.1.i386.rpm openafs-compat-1.2.13-rh7.3.1.i386.rpm or whatever the newest available RPMs are for your OS version. # rpm -Uvh openafs-*.rpm Edit the following file only if you need an AFS token on login: # emacs /etc/pam.d/login & add (right before 'account required ...'): auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_afs.so try_first_pass ignore_root We decided we didn't need that, plus it prevented (non-root) user logins at the (Ctrl-Alt-F*) consoles. Then: # cd /usr/vice/etc # echo "usatlas.bnl.gov" > ThisCell # cp -p CellServDB CellServDB.orig # Get newest CellServDB if necessary, .e.g. from atlas00.usatlas.bnl.gov:/afs/rhic/common/etc/CellServDB Optionally, change the cache size to 50000 in the file cacheinfo; 100000 is probably fine, though, as long as the partition which houses /usr/vice/ has enough space. # reboot