[OpenAFS] wierd server install error

[Derek Atkins]

Oh, you're hostname resolves to 127.0.0.1?  AFS doesn't like that.
You have to have a "real" (read: non-localhost) IP Address.  Make
sure that /etc/hosts and DNS don't resolve your hostname to localhost.

-derek

John Bleichert <syborg@stny.rr.com> writes:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> >>>What command do you give "bos create" to start kaserver?  Are you
> >>>giving it the full path to your kaserver binary?  This error seems to
> >>>
> >>>
> >> From the AFS docs, I'm using:
> >>
> >>    # bos create <machine name> kaserver simple /usr/afs/bin/kaserver \
> >>             -cell <my cell> -noath
> >>
> >>for each of the servers (kaserver, ptserver and vlserver).
> >>
> >
> >Ok, that should be right for the current OpenAFS RPMs.  I presume that
> >bosserver is running as root...  Code 2 seems to imply ENOENT.  Does
> >/usr/afs/bin/kaserver exist on that particular server?  What happens
> >if you try to start the kaserver by hand?  Are there any errors in the
> >AFS Logs (/usr/afs/logs/..)
> >
> Yes, the bosserver is running as root. I haven't tried running
> kaserver manually but will. The contents of the log files are as
> follows (BosLog was earlier in the chain and has only gotten longer
> ;-)  Also, 127.0.0.1 is pingable just fine on the host machine. I'm
> sure I'm just being a dumb-arse somehow.
> 
> 
> [root@janeway logs]# cat VLLog
> Mon May 27 20:49:08 2002 ubik: primary address 127.0.0.1 does not exist
> vlserver: Ubik init failed with code 5385
> [root@janeway logs]# cat PtLog
> ptserver: problems with host name Ubik init failed
> .0.1 does not exist
> ptserver: running unauthenticated
> ptserver: can't find any Kerberos keys, code = 70354689, ignoring
> [root@janeway logs]# cat AuthLog
> /usr/afs/bin/kaserver: problems with host name Ubik init failed
> ll database.
> Mon May 27 20:48:49 2002 Using level crypt for Ubik connections.
> Mon May 27 20:48:49 2002 ubik: primary address 127.0.0.1 does not exist
> 
> 
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