[OpenAFS-devel] klog not connecting, /afs not mounting, v1.3.71

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Gregory Davis wrote:

> I am lost as where to even begin in tracing this behavior, but essentially
> klog cannot connect to a remote kdc server (although the krb5 kinit does),
> and afsd runs, loads, but cannot mount the filesystem.  I have made the /afs
> directory, run afsd as root, and the cache directory (in my
> case /var/cache/afs) begins to fill up with seemingly useful data.  I have
> setup the CellServDB and ThisCell files appropriately.  To give you an idea,
> I am compiling version 1.3.71 with gcc-3.4.0, kernel 2.6.8.1, and sanitized
> kernel headers in /usr/include.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> I get the following from dmesg:
> libafs: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
> Failed to find address of sys_call_table
> Starting AFS cache scan...found 0 non-empty cache files (0%).
> afs: Lost contact with volume location server 130.85.6.33 in cell umbc.edu

(and several more)
the lost contact are your real problem.

> afsd: Can't mount AFS on /afs(22)

and it won't mount until you fix that.

do you have a firewall enabled on this host or between it and the world?