[OpenAFS-devel] Bug in OpenAFS-1.2.2

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 Craig_Everhart@transarc.com wrote:

> Excerpts from transarc.external.openafs: 18-Oct-01 [OpenAFS-devel] Bug
> in Open.. Alf Wachsmann@SLAC.Stanf (1145*)
> 
> > This new options works great BUT:
> > We have a symlink in our top /afs directory for our local cell:
> > 	/afs/slac -> slac.stanford.edu
> 
> > Accessing this symlinked directory does not work any more with
> the new afsd started with the "-dynroot" option.
> 
> The way I wish this would work is that if the domain name abbreviation
> "slac" works for ordinary DNS lookups, then the same name should map to
> the full cell name.  Back in the day, this is the way that the old DFS
> code used to work (before full DCE integration).

It does work that way. You have to enable AFSDB with the -afsdb option to
afsd. We sorely need man pages for some of these commands.