[OpenAFS] Graphical file managers get stuck

[Brandon Allbery]

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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Simon Wilkinson
<simonxwilkinson@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 11 Dec 2012, at 21:29, Brandon Allbery wrote:
> > This is what SRV records are for, yes.  Ideally, the CellServDB on
> clients is for legacy use with old cells
>
> Sadly, there are loads of situations where the client CellServDB is vital.
> There are far too many SOHO broadband routers that come with DNS servers
> that silently drop DNS SRV requests. If you are supporting a mobile
> userbase, you pretty much have to provide them with static configuration,
> both for AFS, and for Kerberos.
>

This (and Russ's observation) is why I said "ideally".  The real world is
rarely ideal....

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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Simon Wilkinson <span dir=
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On 11 Dec 2012, at 21:29, Brandon Allbery wrote:<br>
&gt; This is what SRV records are for, yes. =C2=A0Ideally, the CellServDB o=
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ers that silently drop DNS SRV requests. If you are supporting a mobile use=
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