[OpenAFS] Newbie: Problems connection to my new cell: /afs: Operation timed out.

[Derek Atkins]

I can't resolve loki.home.nikwest.de; do you have that in your
/etc/hosts.conf (or MacOS equivalent)?

-derek

Dominik Westner <westner@logicunited.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I followed the quick install instructions to setup a new afs
> cell/server on my gentoo linux machine.
> It seems that everything worked out fine. I have a working root.cell
> on the linux machine under /afs/nikwest
> 
> Now I tried to access it from my Mac OS X machine. I set my cell to
> nikwest (as defined on my server) and edited the CellServDB to include
> my cell information:
>  >nikwest        #Cell name
> 10.0.1.9    #loki.home.nikwest.de.
> 
> Unfortunately when I try to access the /afs directory I get the
> following message:
> [icebox:db/openafs/etc] dominik% cd /afs
> /afs: Operation timed out.
> 
> I have no idea what the problem is. I can check the status of the
> server, it also gets listed and I can use klog to log in  as admin,
> but I can't access the /afs directory.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dominik
> 
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