[OpenAFS-devel] Re: Re: [GSoC2010] the kafs project of OpenAFS

[Wang Lei]

> DNS records, whether AFSDB or SRV, are added to an organization's DNS
> database by the DNS administrator for the domain. =C2=A0This is not a tas=
k
> that end users are expected to perform.
>
> To clarify. =C2=A0When using dynroot on Unix or freelance on Windows, any
> name that is not found in the locally generated root.afs volume will
> be searched for according to the CellServDB lookup rules:
>
> =C2=A01. On Windows only, search the registry for CellServDB info. =C2=A0=
If data
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0for the cell is located, use the specified server list or DN=
S as
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0configured.
> =C2=A02. Search CellServDB. =C2=A0If an entry for the cell is found and t=
here
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0is a list of servers, stop and use that list.
> =C2=A03. If CellServDB contains an entry for the cell and no servers,
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0use DNS.
> =C2=A04. If CellServDB does not contain an entry for the cell, use DNS.
>
> When DNS is in use, a search will first be performed for SRV records
> and then a search for AFSDB records as a fallback. =C2=A0This process is
> described in draft-allbery-afs-srv-records-05.
>
> ---
>
Thank you! very usefull to me.

> Jeffrey Altman
>
>
>



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Best Wish.

Wang Lei