[OpenAFS] Re: How to remove a bogus (127.0.1.1) server entry for readonly volume?

[Harald Barth]

>> Not in the listaddrs list but will it go away from the volume location
>> list?
> 
> I don't understand this sentence.

Is the 127.0.1.1 deleted or replaced as a replication site location if
the server registers as 129.89.38.124 when previously known as
127.0.1.1.

> No, OpenAFS 1.6.5 detects 127/16; that is, 127.0.x.x. See src/rx/rx.h,
> rx_IsLoopbackAddr (in this specific case, called from GetServer in
> src/volser/vos.c). This is a kind of balance (or an argument
> compromise :) between trying to catch all loopback addresses an
> administrator is likely to accidentally specify, but allowing a range of
> 127/8 addresses if you actually do want to use loopback for testing or
> something.

Then something in the server startup should probably check the same range.

Harald.