[OpenAFS] replicas and mount points

[Lars Schimmer]

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Vladimir Konrad wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> When I was creating mount points in our cell, I did not ask specificall=
y for -rw (read/write)
> mount point.
>=20
> Not understanding (at the beginning) how the afs client works (preferen=
ce for read only volumes), after
> adding replicas and releasing the volumes, the clients could not write =
any-more.
>=20
> Is there a way (other than re-doing the mount points with -rw) to make =
client prefer the read/write
> volumes (when replicas exist)?
>=20
> Also, is it true, that if I specify -rw to fs mkmount, this will "stick=
" (not change) and the mount
> point will remain read/write even when replication sites for the volume=
 exist?

The usual way is tomount the home explicit -rw.
Another usual way is to mount the RW path of the cell under
/afs/.cell.tld. - notice the dot before the cellname.

This enables you to set readonly path with write for some people via a
special link, not to delete something by accident.

> Kind regards,
>=20
> Vlad

MfG,
Lars Schimmer
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