[OpenAFS] Read-write cell root not working on Windows XP

[Jeffrey Altman]

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Freelance is on by default because it solves the problem associated with 
the AFS Client Service being unable to contact the Volume Server at 
startup.   Without Freelance, if the root.afs volume cannot be accessed 
on the default cell, the AFS Client Service will panic.

Jeffrey Altman


Lukas Kubin wrote:

> Thank you, I didn't notice that!
> Shouldn't then the "Freelance" mode be disabled by default in the 
> instalator? What is more, the option is commented there as 
> "(recommended)".
> Does it mean that most people have some reason to install OpenAFS 
> client without write support or am I missing something?
> Thank you.
>
> Lukas
>
> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
>
>> This is a known limitation of the existing dynamic roots 
>> implementation on Windows (aka Freelance mode).
>> Freelance mode does not support read-write volumes.  Turn it off.
>>
>> Jeffrey Altman
>>
>> Lukas Kubin wrote:
>>
>>> I just installed 1.3.6400 client on Windows XP and am having 
>>> troubles to acess volumes for write usage.
>>> During the install i choosed the option to download CellServDB from 
>>> server and look up file/db servers in DNS. After restart I can set 
>>> mountpoint for our cell, ie set eg. Z: mapped to \afs\opf.slu.cz
>>> However, I can not map RW version of volumes the way I do it on 
>>> Linux - mapping /afs/.opf.slu.cz - the "dot" version of AFS address.
>>> Why?
>>> I tried to manually add ".opf.slu.cz" to the Cell list (using the 
>>> Windows AFS configuration tool) and set the server mapping to it. It 
>>> didn't help. I can access the "dotted" directory tree, but cannot 
>>> write anywhere.
>>> What is a correct way to setup OpenAFS 1.3.6400 on Windows?
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> lukas
>>>
>>> My CellServDB contains 3 lines:
>>>
>>> >opf.slu.cz
>>> 192.168.1.7            # hostname1.opf.slu.cz
>>> 192.168.1.4            # hostname2.opf.slu.cz
>>>
>

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