[OpenAFS] FIX: broken hyperlinks to MS docs on AFS

[Noel Burton-Krahn]

Hi Jeffrey,

I'm running a MS Loopback Adapter and OpenAFS client 1.2.10.  The network is
connected and active when the client starts.  I guess OpenAFS could start
before DHCP completes,  but I am running a loopback, so that shouldn't be an
issue.  I ran an "nbtstat" right after boot and there was no "NOEL-AFS" on
any adapter.  The NOEL-AFS share only appeared on my loopback after I fixed
"lmhosts".


Jeffrey, I've been meaning to redo the OpenAFS install as an MSI with the
loopback adapter and some other bug fixes like this one.  Do you know anyone
else going down that path?


--Noel



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Altman" <jaltman@columbia.edu>
To: "Noel Burton-Krahn" <noel@bkbox.com>
Cc: <openafs-info@openafs.org>; "Garry Sagert" <gsagert@uvic.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] FIX: broken hyperlinks to MS docs on AFS


> Are you running with or without the MS Loopback Adapter?
> Is the network adapter you are using for access to the internet active
> when the AFS Client Service starts?   (in other words, does it have an
> IP address yet?)
>
> When running with the MS Loopback Adapter, NOEL-AFS should be published
> only on the MS Loopback Adapter associated IP address.  I believe the
> problem you are seeing is the result of the AFS Client Service starting
> before your network adapters succeed in obtaining IP addresses.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
> Noel Burton-Krahn wrote:
>
> >I had a problem with my AFS drive on WinXP:  Hyperlinks to Excel
documents
> >on OpenAFS drives were broken.  Here's how to reproduce:
> >
> >1. make two files: hyperlink.doc and broken.xls on an AFS shared drive
(Z:)
> >
> >2. put a hyperlink to "broken.xls" in "hyperlink.doc"
> >
> >3. click on the hyperlink
> >
> >4. Excel starts, then complains like so:
> >
> >    "\\NOEL-AFS Could not be found.  Check the spelling of the file name
and
> >verify that the file location is correct."
> >
> >Sometimes I also got:
> >
> >    "The server is not configured for transactions"
> >
> >5. The problem: OpenAFS mounted my Z: drive with the netbios name
> >\\noel-afs\home, but
> >netbios could not resolve \\noel-afs
> >
> >6. Strangely, all other documents opened fine. Just Excel had the problem
> >
> >My solution was to make \\noel-afs visible to bios.
> >
> >1. add this line to "c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/lmhosts"
> >
> >    127.0.0.1 noel-afs #pre
> >
> >2. run "nbtstat -R"
> >
> >3. Now "nbtstat -n" reveals that "noel-afs" is really visible
> >    NOEL-AFS       <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
> >
> >
> >
> >Has anyone else seen  this problem?  If so, are there other ways to fix
it
> >without editing lmhosts?
> >
> >
> >
> >Noel Burton-Krahn
> >noel@bkbox.com
> >
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> >
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