[OpenAFS] Help - Failed to load AFS client

[Tommy Mann]

ThisCell:
isis.unc.edu

CellServDB
>isis.unc.edu              # University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
152.2.1.5                       #db0.isis.unc.edu
152.2.1.6                       #db1.isis.unc.edu
152.2.1.7                       #db2.isis.unc.edu
>physics.unc.edu           # University of NC at Chapel Hill Physics/Astro
152.2.5.2                       #valerian.physics.unc.edu
152.2.5.3                       #augustus.physics.unc.edu
152.2.7.67                      #nerva.astro.unc.edu
>acpub.duke.edu            #Duke Academic Computing (clusters)
152.3.233.4                     #clarke.acpub.duke.edu
152.3.233.5                     #delany.acpub.duke.edu
152.3.233.6                     #ellison.acpub.duke.edu

There's actually a really long list in the CellServDB file, but they're 
all similar to what I pasted above (the top one is most important for what 
I'm doing, I think).

Any idea why I'm getting this error message when I try to start AFS up?

Thanks!
Tommy



On 3 Nov 2002, Derek Atkins wrote:

> What do you mean "added the appropriate cell in ThisCell"?  What does
> "ThisCell" look like?
> 
> Does CellServDB have the appropriate values for your cell?
> 
> -derek
> 
> Tommy Mann <tmann@black.ils.unc.edu> writes:
> 
> > Hi!  I've just installed the OpenAFS rpms on my RH 7.3 box.  I've added 
> > the appropriate cell in ThisCell (/usr/vice/etc), and also downloaded my 
> > cell's appropriate CellServDB.  However, when I run /etc/rc.d/init.d/afs 
> > start I get the following message:
> > 
> > Found libafs-2.4.18-3-i686.o from SymTable... Loading...
> > Failed to load AFS client, not starting AFS services.
> > 
> > What's going on here???  I checked a few other things out and here's what 
> > I found:
> > 
> > In /var/log/messages I see the following errors:
> > 
> > Nov  2 15:24:34 black kernel: You must reload the AFS kernel extensions 
> > before remounting AFS.
> > Nov  2 15:25:15 black kernel: afs: Lost contact with volume location 
> > server 152.2.1.7 in cell isis.unc.edu
> > Nov  2 15:25:15 black kernel: afs: Lost contact with volume location 
> > server 152.2.1.7 in cell isis.unc.edu
> > Nov  2 15:26:13 black kernel: afs: Lost contact with volume location 
> > server 152.2.1.6 in cell isis.unc.edu
> > 
> > Basically, I get the "Lost contact with volume loation server..." error 
> > twice each minute continuously.
> > 
> > Also, if I run /usr/vice/etc/afsd I get:
> > 
> > afsd: All AFS daemons started.
> > afsd: Can't mount AFS on /afs(22)
> > 
> > I don't really know where else to look.  Any help would be greatly 
> > appreciated!!!
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Tommy
> > tmann@black.ils.unc.edu
> > 
> > 
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