[OpenAFS-devel] Re: Bug in OpenAFS-1.2.2

[Derek Atkins]

You need to run with -dynroot -afsdb

-derek

Alf Wachsmann <alfw@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> writes:

> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> > -dynroot doesn't use the local root.afs. This may be a shortcoming
> > depending on how you look at it
> 
> It was not clear to me that "-dynroot" and a local root.afs are
> mutually exclusive.
> 
> I added an additional entry in my CellServDB file for the cell "slac"
> which is just a copy of the entry for cell "slac.stanford.edu". That
> works.
> 
> > Combined with afsdb support you can get
> > an alias for slac.stanford.edu if you have stanford.edu in your
> > searchpath, though.
> 
> I am not sure how that works. I tried accessing "/afs/openafs.org"
> without having it in my CellServDB and I canNOT access this cell.
> The command "host -t afsdb openafs.org" shows that there _is_ a DNS
> afsdb entry for this cell.
> 
> Does the "-dynroot" feature not work with these "DNS-only" cells?
> Do I need an entry in CellServDB?
> 
> Thanks,
>           Alf.
> 
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