[OpenAFS] Getting started with AFS

Charles Clancy security@xauth.net
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:04:07 -0600 (CST)


On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Thomas L. Bevan wrote:

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> I've got a little further ( the next command ) and now I come up against this!
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> ./bos create michiko.aardvark.net.au buserver simple /usr/afs/bin/buserver
> - -cell localcell -noauth
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> /usr/afs/bin/buserver: problems with host name Ubik init failed

"localhost" isn't your cell name.

Fix your cellservdb as suggested in a previous post, and then put your
cell name in there.  Also, when interacting with bos, I'd recommend always
using your real server's name, rather than localhost.

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