FW: [OpenAFS] /afs area is hanging

[Sean O'Malley]

I hate to state the obvious as I am sure you checked this already, but it
really sounds like a firewall issue or something on the network is
blocking traffic rather then the afs client itself.

Sean


On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Wheeler, JF (Jonathan) wrote:



> -----Original Message-----
> > From: openafs-info-admin@openafs.org On Behalf Of Mark Henry
> > Sent: 28 April 2009 23:22
> >
> > I have an OpenAFS client that works after each reboot and then
> eventually
> > hangs when the afs area is accessed.  I am running openafs 1.4.9 that
> I compiled
> > on the system (I have tried many versions of the openafs client with
> the same
> > results).  The OS is OpenSUSE 10.3.  I have two other systems with the
> same
> > OS that are working fine.
> >
> > I have searched /var/log/messages.  I have checked the config files.
> User
> > authentication works fine (even when the system is hanging).  If I run
> the
> > command 'ls -l /afs' that window is hung.  If an afs user logs in when
> the
> > system is in a bad state the session immediately hangs because it
> can't cd
> > to the afs home dir.  I don't know what to do other than reboot.  Can
> someone
> > tell me what else to try to find out why this system is hanging?
> Thanks,
>
> If you really are using the command "ls -l /afs", I have always
> understood that this is getting information about the whole of AFS
> space, that is, the root directories for all AFS cells; naturally this
> will take a long time.  This may not solve your problem, but the command
> as given is a bad (TM) idea.  Of course, the command "ls -l
> /afs/CELLNAME" where CELLNAME is the name of your cell is a much better
> idea.
>
> Jonathan Wheeler
> e-Science Centre
> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
> (Cell rl.ac.uk)
>

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  Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist
  Michigan State University
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