[OpenAFS] Windows2000 - Can't Find Root Cell

[David Bear]

Thanks for the replies:
On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, James Peterson wrote:
> >afsdcell.ini.

attached to prior note.  looks okay to me.  would having unix style lf
rather than dos style cr/lf sequences mess it up?
>
> 1. make user afsdcell.ini looks correct (your's does)

pinged all servers okay.

>
> 2. ping to server
>      ping asu.edu

here's the export of the ..\TransarcAFSdaemon reg entries: (I guess the
new registry format uses unicode cause I had to remove a bunch of nulls
from this -- so, no, this won't just reimport into the registry as is...)

Windows Registry Editor Version
5.00



[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon]
"Type"=dword:00000010
"Start"=dword:00000004
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,\
20,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,49,00,42,00,4d,00,5c,00,41,00,46,\
00,53,00,5c,00,43,00,6c,00,69,00,65,00,6e,00,74,00,5c,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,\
67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,5c,00,61,00,66,00,73,00,64,00,5f,00,73,00,65,00,72,\
00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00
"DisplayName"="IBM
AFS
Client"
"DependOnService"=hex(7):52,00,50,00,43,00,53,00,53,00,00,00,4e,00,65,00,74,00,\
62,00,69,00,6f,00,73,00,00,00,00,00
"DependOnGroup"=hex(7):00,00
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\NetworkProvider]
"Class"=dword:00000002
"Name"="TransarcAFSDaemon"
"ProviderPath"="C:\\Pro
gram
Files\\IBM\\AFS\\Client\\PROGRAM\\afslogon.dll"
"AuthentProviderPath"="C:\\Program
Files\\IBM\\AFS\\Client\\PROGRAM\\afslogon.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\Parameters]
"Cell"="asu.edu"
"IsGateway"=dword:00000000
"ShowTrayIcon"=dword:00000001
"TrapOnPanic"=dword:00000000
"ReportSessionStart
ups"=dword:00000001
@="asu.edu"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\Security]
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,a0,00,00,00,ac,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,02,\
00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
00,00,02,00,70,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
05,12,00,00,00,6d,00,2e,00,00,00,1c,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,\
20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,63,00,6f,00,00,00,18,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,\
00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,00,00,1c,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,\
00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,63,00,6f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,\
00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\Enum]
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_TRANSARCAFSDAEMON\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001



>
> 3. Check contents of Cell in the system registry
>      HKEY\CurrentControlSet\Services\TransarcAFSDaemon\Parameters\Cell
> This value should be a valid AFS cell supported by your server (asu.edu).

see above.  I hope its readable.  in pine, its kind of ugly.
>
> 4.  Check the "Event Monitor - Applications" for AFS error messages.

Here's the events:
=============================================
Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	AFS Client
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	0
Date:		9/26/2001
Time:		6:54:40 PM
User:		N/A
Computer:	PP120144
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( AFS Client ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message
DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information
is part of the event: AFS quitting.


Event Type:	Error
Event Source:	AFS Client
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	222
Date:		9/26/2001
Time:		6:54:40 PM
User:		N/A
Computer:	PP120144
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 222 ) in Source ( AFS Client ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message
DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information
is part of the event: Error at file afsd_service.c, line 222: can't find root
cell in afsdcell.ini.

Event Type:	Information
Event Source:	AFS Client
Event Category:	None
Event ID:	0
Date:		9/26/2001
Time:		6:54:39 PM
User:		N/A
Computer:	PP120144
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( AFS Client ) cannot be found.
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message
DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information
is part of the event: AFS start pending.


===========================================


When starting from control-panel->services the following dialog panel
appear:

"Could not start the IBM AFS Client service on Local Computer.
The service did not return an error.  This could be an internal Windows error or
and internal service error.  If the problem persists, contact your sa..."

Any other advice?