[OpenAFS] -dynroot - what does it really do?
jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:09:02 +0100
Derek Atkins write:
> The -dynroot option causes /afs to be built as a "DYNamic ROOT".
> It only contacts servers when you explicitly access /afs/<cell>
I experience problems with this last sentence.
Case I
If I use -dynroot my client machine comes up even if the server is not
running.
Case II
If I don't use -dynroot my client machine hangs with
"Lost contact to server ..."
until the server becomes available.
In both cases, if the server becomes available,
doing an ls -l /afs doesn't show the afs tree. Doing
fs examine /afs/home
reports that there is no /afs/home file.
On the other hand, if the server is running
while the client machine boots the behaviour
is normal. This is all with openafs-1.2.8 on
Linux
Thanks for your hints,
Helmut.
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Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany