-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeffrey Altman wrote: > Lars: > > In other words, you decided to disable the use of Freelance > mode which in turn requires that the 'root.afs' volume for the > workstation cell be reachable in order for the AFS Client Service > to start. Therefore, not only do you need to have the necessary > network connectivity to reach the servers hosting that volume > but you need to install the appropriate CellServDB file on the machine > so that the AFS Client Service knows where to look. This is not > something that OpenAFS can provide for you if your cell is not > registered with grand.central.org. > > Organizations that do not wish to register with grand.central.org > are encouraged to distribute transformed versions of the installers > distributed from openafs.org to their end users. The transforms > should include the correct default cell name as well as the appropriate > CellServDB file. > > The EXE version of the installer provides a mechanism to allow > the end user to obtain the CellServDB file via a URL provided by > the cell administrator or from an alternative path in local storage. > > If someone would like to contribute an enhancement to the installers > to verify the existence of either an entry in the CellServDB file > or AFSDB records for the specified workstation cell and if not > found prompt the user to enter the appropriate values, please send > patches to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that any such enhancement > must be disabled during an automated install.
Yes, aou´re right with the automatic install. Our cell entry was send to the "author" of the CellservDB file just some days ago. But I think its a bit confusing to fill out a cell name (which isn´t in the CellServDB) and disable freelance mode and get no warning. Maybe a short text in the standard installer could be helpful. I don´t know exactly, is this special topic mentioned in the install notes? Now I´m aware of this "deadlock" and can go around it. Thanks so far for your time and knowledge. > Jeffrey Altman > MfG, Lars Schimmer - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------- TU Graz, Institut für ComputerGraphik & WissensVisualisierung Tel: +43 316 873-5405 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +43 316 873-5402 PGP-Key-ID: 0x4A9B1723 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFDTMemWhuE0qbFyMRAufQAJwPtrHMK5Rj6RPdCeNUVMa2y3Xw/QCcCSoh phE7fkj0sHQg4/k8K6qOZg4= =ryfy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
