[OpenAFS] no quorum elected

Charles Clancy security@xauth.net
Sun, 9 Jun 2002 11:20:35 -0500 (CDT)


> I don't even know what a quorum IS.
> ...
> IF it haven't anything to do with 'no quorum elected', then I don't know.

When you have multiple AFS servers, they need to coordinate with one
another to maintain consistency among all the various databases.  "No
quorum elected" basically means they couldn't decide who should be in
charge, and one side-effect is that you end up with read-only databases
(at least in my experience things like "pts createu" or "vos create"
fail, citing that error message).  Frequently this error is caused by AFS
servers with their system clocks too skewed relative to one another.

It doesn't seem to have much to do with your problem, though.

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