[OpenAFS] AFS Client for Linux trying to contact server at localhost instead of address in CellServDB

[Eggert, Richard W, II (Rich), GVSOL]

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Despite spending 5 years using AFS on CMU's machines, this is my first =
time trying to install the software myself.  I've run into a problem =
that has me stumped, and I'm wondering if someone could give me some =
advice.

Here's the scenario:

I've set up an AFS cell (using a bogus Internet domain name as my cell =
name) for sharing my personal files among my home computers (yes, I know =
it's overkill).  After much banging my head against the wall, I managed =
to install the client and server software on an Athlon machine running =
Red Hat Linux 9, located at 192.168.1.103 on my home network (which uses =
a Linksys wireless router as its gateway to my cable Internet =
connection).  The client software seems to be playing nicely with the =
server (I'm able to access the mounted volumes as well as authenticate). =
 It may not be relevant, but I will also note that I ran into problems =
getting BOS to load runntp (I think it may have been conflicting with =
another time server process installed with Linux by default), so I =
disabled it.  This machine is the only server on the network.

I installed the client software (using all the relevant rpm's from the =
website except the server, krb5, and src ones) on another machine =
running Red Hat Linux 8 at 192.168.1.100.  To simplify debugging, I =
backed up the sample CellServDB file on the client and replaced it with =
just the following, which is essentially identical to what's on the =
server:

>richard_eggert.comcast.net             #My cell
192.168.1.103                                   #192.168.1.103

I also updated ThisCell appropriately.

However, the initialization script fails to mount /afs.  I found the =
following in /var/log/messages:

Oct  3 01:06:39 localhost kernel: afs: Lost contact with file server =
127.0.0.1 i
n cell richard_eggert.comcast.net
Oct  3 01:06:39 localhost kernel: afs: Lost contact with file server =
127.0.0.1 i
n cell richard_eggert.comcast.net


I have absolutely no idea why it would be trying to access a file server =
at the localhost IP address, and therefore don't know how to fix it.

Does anyone have any ideas?




Rich Eggert
Senior Technical Associate 2
Technology Leadership Program 2
AT&T Government Solutions


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