Installing / Configuring AFS on Linux
The School of Informatics uses OpenAFS for its network filesystem. This page describes how to install and configure OpenAFS on Linux. The simplest instructions for installation differ by distribution, though the basic idea and steps will usually be the same. If your distribution isn't listed, it's worth looking at a similar distribution for the basic outline.
AFS Client Versions
Not all Linux distributions provide packages for OpenAFS. If you are using a Redhat or Fedora derivative you can download RPMs for the latest version from the OpenAFS website. You must use at least version 1.8.9.
For security reasons we do not support the use of Single-DES encryption historically used by AFS. All modern Linux distributions new enough to be receiving security updates (e.g. Debian 13 or newer; Ubuntu 22.04 or newer) should now have version 1.8.7-0 or later and therefore be compatible by default.