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WolfCall

Windows Utility for Kerberos Authentication and AFS Access

    
 
         
     

WolfCall is a Windows-based application that works with an AFS Client and the Kerberos for Windows software from MIT to let you easily access your AFS space from Windows 2000 and XP computers (more...)

Important Note: WolfCall does not run under Microsoft Vista.

If you have questions, comments or suggestions, e-mail them to eoshelp@ncsu.edu.

Note: Bug reports are welcome but should be submitted with the relevant error codes or text and steps to reproduce. Do not send reports in e-mail attachments, which our Remedy call-tracking system cannot handle.

WolfCall News

July 27, 2006:
WolfCall 1.2.1 released for testing. It is intended to be used with the updated KfW and OpenAFS clients at the download page. Likely this is the last release of WolfCall as the KfW Network Identification Manager has most of the same features as WolfCall.

  • Now checks for the AFS UNC path from the registry, and if it's not found reverts to \\machinename-afs\ (for older OpenAFS clients).
  • Now gives a better error when checking the Quota section in the Account Information tab while the home directory is not mapped.
  • Fixed the 'Destroy Tokens' button.
  • Fixed a bug with the 'Apply Drive Mappings' button. Previously, if the user did not have tokens, it would get tokens, but not apply the drive mappings.

    • June 11, 2004:
    Added the WolfCall Reference. Also updated a couple items in the FAQ, and corrected some antiquated information in the Auto-Login White Paper.

    May 28, 2004:
    Updated the install instructions and made the Loopback adapter installer more easily accessable (it was kinda hard to find before). Also made a few corrections to the FAQ.

    March 3, 2004:
    WolfCall 1.2.0 includes minor tweaks, mostly invisible to the average user:

  • Login scripts now have an extra step called "Contacting the AFS Client" to reduce confusion when this fails or is slow (moving the blame away from "Destroying AFS Tokens").
  • A new registry option has been added to cause the auto-login to continue silently on "no such user" errors.
  • Kerberos configuration files use DNS SRV records to allow easy changes to the Kerberos server farm.
  • The auto-login system has been future-proofed against changes in the internal Kerberos credentials structure. Also, the auto-login does not pass a Kerberos 4 ticket, fetching it via krb524 instead.
  • The auto-login system has better error reporting.
  • Both services (renewal and auto-login) have improved logging (to help track down a very rare crash bug).

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    WolfCall Home

    WolfCall News

    Installation Instructions

    Frequently Asked Questions

    WolfCall Statement of Support

    Troubleshooting Remote Access

     

    Technical Documents

    About Authentication

    Interoperation with Firewalls

    Auto-login White Paper

    Locking down NetBIOS

    Microsoft Loopback Adapter

    WolfCall Reference

    		  
             

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