I've changed the script which tunes Mac clients, principally to turn on 'crypt' mode by default. This setting encrypts file transfer traffic on the network (authentication traffic is always encrypted anyway). Crypt mode is on by default in the Windows client, but off by default for the Mac. The new script is at: http://caligari.dartmouth.edu/downloads/openafs/afssetup.zip The Zip file unpacks to 4 clickable scripts: afssetup: sets up client tunable parameters, and enables crypt mode then restarts the client afslink: creates desktop shortcuts to your AFS home folder startafs: start up or restart the client manually stopafs: stop the client manually The start/stop buttons in the OpenAFS control panel do not seem to always work. It is rarely needed to manually start or stop the client, but these scripts seem to work reliably. Richard -- Richard Brittain, Research Computing Group, Computing Services, 37 Dewey Field Road, HB6219 Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 03755 [log in to unmask] 6-2085