[OpenAFS] -dynroot - what does it really do?

[Derek Atkins]

The -dynroot option causes /afs to be built as a "DYNamic ROOT".
It only contacts servers when you explicitly access /afs/<cell>

-derek

jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I have added the -dynroot option to my AFS OPTIONS
> to enable a client to boot even if the server is
> currently down.
> This works fine.
> But when the server is up and running (even before
> the client is booted) the client does not contact
> the server. If I remove this options it works fine
> iff the server is running.
> 
> How does -dynroot work really?
> 
> Thanks for a hint,
> 
> Helmut Jarausch
> 
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> Aachen University
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany
> 
> 
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