[OpenAFS] Windows 7 x64: \\afs\cs.uwm.edu refers to a location that is unavailable

John Tang Boyland boyland@cs.uwm.edu
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:33:48 -0500


Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@secure-endpoints.com> wrote:
] On 4/28/2011 1:20 PM, John Tang Boyland wrote:
] > Here is the problem I alluded to earlier:
] > I have a student who bought a new laptop with Windows Version 6.1.7600 and
] > installed NIM and OpenAFS 1.5.9904 and things ALMOST work.
] >
] > They can get tokens and can go to \\afs\openafs.org
] > and \\afs\cs.wisc.edu but not \\afs\cs.uwm.edu
] > When they try, they get the message:
] > "\\afs\cs.uwm.edu refers to a location that is unavailable.  It could be
] >  on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network.  Check..."
] 
] this means that the evaluation of the mount point "\\afs\all\cs.uwm.edu"
] is incorrect.  This could be a bug introduced in 1.5.9904 which is fixed
] in the source tree waiting for 1.5.9905 (1.6.0pre5) to be released.
] 
] "fs lsm \\afs\all\cs.uwm.edu" will report the mount point info.
] If its wrong, "fs rmm \\afs\all\cs.uwm.edu" and "fs mkm
] \\afs\all\cs.uwm.edu <correct-target>"
] 
] Or it could be something else....

There was indeed a period in the mountpoint.
Your instruction enabled us to fix the problem.

Thanks,
John Boyland