[OpenAFS] can't mount AFS on /afs(22)

[Derek Atkins]

Mike Lee <mike.li@bamboonetworks.com> writes:

> Because of I run configure --prefix=/usr/afs
> I found the bosserver create two symbol link
> /usr/afs/etc/openafs/ThisCell -->/usr/afs/etc/openafs/server/ThisCell
> /usr/afs/etc/openafs/CellServDB-->/usr/afs/etc/openafs/server/CellServDB

These symlinks may not work as a normal user, because bos will
restrict the permissions on /usr/afs/etc/openafs/server.  But
let's ignore that for now.

> in my ThisCell:
> bamboo.com
> 
> CellservDB:
> >bamboo.com #cell name
> 192.168.2.151 #afssvr.bamboo.net

The host named "afssvr.bamboo.net" does not seem to exist in the DNS.
How is the AFS client supposed to find this host?

> now I only have one afs server (and I also want it to run as client)
> and my client config file in /usr/afs/etc/openafs
> my cacheinfo file also in /usr/afs/etc/openafs

Understood.  Can you show the contents of the cacheinfo file?

-derek

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> Jason Garman wrote:
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> >On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:15:30AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> >
> >>You need the client ThisCell and CellServDB files.  You only have 
> >>the server ThisCell and CellServDB files installed.  I'm not
> >>100% sure where they go, but I think:
> >>        /usr/afs/etc/ThisCell
> >>        /usr/afs/etc/CellServDB
> >>
> >>Yes, you need both client _AND_ server CellServDB/ThisCell, because
> >>one machine could be a client in cell A and a server for cell B.
> >>
> >The other reason to have separate client and server CellServDB & ThisCell
> >is because the server will change the permissions on /usr/afs/etc and
> >nobody will be able to read the symlinks that the IBM documentation
> >instructs you to create earlier...  that one confused me for a bit.
> >
> >Btw- the client configs are in /usr/vice/etc (at least for the
> >--enable-transarc-paths)
> >
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