[OpenAFS] IBM AFS server manager 3.5

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:25:30 -0400


Ron Croonenberg <ronc@depauw.edu> writes:

>>That is the loopback address.
>>
>>Every computer with TCP/IP has that address.  It is the local computer.
>>
>>So to the OpenAFS server 127.0.0.1 is itself -- the server, not your
>>windows computer.
>
>
> ok so that mean that on the server that serves the cell I should have a config file somewhere that has
> the loopback address in it somewhere.  right ?

No, you should NEVER EVER EVER have loopback in any CellServDB.  You
should ALWAYS use the _REAL_ IP Address for all servers, even when
referring to itself.

-derek

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