[OpenAFS-devel] Re: [OpenAFS] can't mount AFS on /afs(22)

[Derek Atkins]

Having it die earlier with a reasonable message if /afs doesn't exist
would certainly solve the problem.  If I get the chance I'll submit a
patch to that affect (first I need to update my source).

-derek

Nathan Neulinger <nneul@umr.edu> writes:

> Cees de Groot wrote:
> > 
> > Mike Lee <mike.li@bamboonetworks.com> said:
> > ><12>start afsd and get:
> > >afsd: All AFS daemons startd
> > >afsd: Can't mount AFS on /afs(22)
> > >
> > Step <11.5>: mkdir /afs
> 
> 
> Just a thought - afsd is doing so much else at startup, why don't we put
> in a mkdir if it's doesn't exist? Not that it matters for sites
> following install instructions, but it's one less possible error
> condition that new installers could encounter...
> 
> Or for that matter - have afsd exit cleanly before it does anything
> non-reversible, if /afs doesn't exist as a directory, and have it
> generate a reasonable warning message. 
> 
> -- Nathan
> 
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