[OpenAFS] Re: unable to klog and strange behavior

[Derrick Brashear]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 2:01 AM, gottoomanyaccounts
<gottoomanyaccounts@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:27 PM, gottoomanyaccounts
> <gottoomanyaccounts@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I just installed the yum repo (openafs version 1.4.11) from openafs.org
>>> on
>
>>> my Fedora 11. After installing all packages, modifying
>>> /usr/vice/ThisCell,
>
>>I assume you mean /usr/vice/etc/ThisCell; If you don't, perhaps you should.
>
> Yes, I meant /usr/vice/etc/ThisCell.
>
>
>>> was unable to klog. This was the error message -
>>> klog MYID
>>> Note: Operation is performed on cell MYCELL
>
>>is AFSCELL set in your environment?
>
> That did it!  After unsetting AFSCELL, I was able to klog. I set it in my
> .bashrc just to save some
>
> typing and had no idea it would cause problem. So what's the deal here?

the deal here is "setting random things in your environment ha random
effects. be less random."

-- 
Derrick