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

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
23 Jan 2002 09:56:50 -0500


FYI, I can't get to afssvr.bamboo.com, either:

%> host afssvr.bamboo.com 
Host not found.

Also, does "/usr/vice/cache" exist?

-derek

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

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> sorry missing cacheinfo<br>
> it content<br>
> /afs:/usr/vice/cache:50000<br>
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> Derek Atkins wrote:<br>
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>   <pre wrap="">Mike Lee <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mike.li@bamboonetworks.com">&lt;mike.li@bamboonetworks.com&gt;</a> writes:<br><br></pre>
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>     <pre wrap="">Because of I run configure --prefix=/usr/afs<br>I found the bosserver create two symbol link<br>/usr/afs/etc/openafs/ThisCell --&gt;/usr/afs/etc/openafs/server/ThisCell<br>/usr/afs/etc/openafs/CellServDB--&gt;/usr/afs/etc/openafs/server/CellServDB<br></pre>
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>     <pre wrap=""><!----><br>These symlinks may not work as a normal user, because bos will<br>restrict the permissions on /usr/afs/etc/openafs/server.  But<br>let's ignore that for now.<br><br></pre>
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>       <pre wrap="">in my ThisCell:<br>bamboo.com<br><br>CellservDB:<br></pre>
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>         <pre wrap="">bamboo.com #cell name<br></pre>
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>         <pre wrap="">192.168.2.151 #afssvr.bamboo.net<br></pre>
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>         <pre wrap=""><!----><br>The host named "afssvr.bamboo.net" does not seem to exist in the DNS.<br>How is the AFS client supposed to find this host?<br><br></pre>
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>           <pre wrap="">now I only have one afs server (and I also want it to run as client)<br>and my client config file in /usr/afs/etc/openafs<br>my cacheinfo file also in /usr/afs/etc/openafs<br></pre>
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>           <pre wrap=""><!----><br>Understood.  Can you show the contents of the cacheinfo file?<br><br>-derek<br><br></pre>
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>             <pre wrap=""><br><br><br><br><br>Jason Garman wrote:<br><br></pre>
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>               <pre wrap="">On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:15:30AM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:<br><br></pre>
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>                 <pre wrap="">You need the client ThisCell and CellServDB files.  You only have <br>the server ThisCell and CellServDB files installed.  I'm not<br>100% sure where they go, but I think:<br>       /usr/afs/etc/ThisCell<br>       /usr/afs/etc/CellServDB<br><br>Yes, you need both client _AND_ server CellServDB/ThisCell, because<br>one machine could be a client in cell A and a server for cell B.<br><br></pre>
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>                 <pre wrap="">The other reason to have separate client and server CellServDB &amp; ThisCell<br>is because the server will change the permissions on /usr/afs/etc and<br>nobody will be able to read the symlinks that the IBM documentation<br>instructs you to create earlier...  that one confused me for a bit.<br><br>Btw- the client configs are in /usr/vice/etc (at least for the<br>--enable-transarc-paths)<br><br></pre>
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