[OpenAFS] Error Setting up Server: problem with host name

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Victor wrote:

> Really frustrating, I am getting this error. I've tried to resetup
> everything twice now. /vicepa mounts a partiong, kernel module is loaded.
> What is causing this? What step did I miss? Binaries exist in /usr/afs/bin
>
>
> test[/usr/afs]# /usr/afs/bin/bos create test.domain.com \
>                 buserver simple /usr/afs/bin/buserver \
>                 -cell domain.com -noauth
>
> /usr/afs/bin/buserver: problems with host name Ubik init failed

does the hostname match what's in dns? does the hostname match what's in
/etc/hosts? is there a bogus "localhost" entry in /etc/hosts?

> What does the error "problems with host name" mean? In my /etc/hosts, I
> have: 192.168.1.200 test.domain.com.

what else is in there?

> AuthLog:
>
> test[/usr/afs/logs]# cat AuthLog
> /usr/afs/bin/kaserver: problems with host name Ubik init failed
> tabase.
> Tue Feb 12 16:04:15 2002 Using level crypt for Ubik connections.
> Tue Feb 12 16:04:15 2002 ubik: primary address 127.0.0.1 does not exist

localhost is hosing you somehow.

-D