kill -XCPU the fileserver, and look at the host list. I bet the IP addresses you care about show "alternate" addresses (presumably illegit).
On 8/24/07, Stephen Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm using IP-based ACLs to protect some parts of my cell. (I know this > not ideal, but the info isn't really sensitive. I just want to discourage > people in other cells from casual browsing). > > A few weeks ago about 10 of my clients began periodically losing > connectivity to these directories. Always the same clients. Other clients > in the same ACL continued to work fine. Once it occured, this problem > would > continue indefinitely (ie, waiting 2 hours didn't fix it). > > Restarting the fs instance cleared the problem and connectivity was > restored for the next 24-36 hours, then the problem repeated. This only > seemed to happen on this one fileserver and one group of clients. > > Assuming that there was a problem with that fileserver, last weekend I > moved all of it's volumes to our warm-spare server. Voila! Problem fixed.. > until about 3 hours ago. Now the problem is repeating. > > The FileLog doesn't show anything out of the ordinary when these clients > begin lose connectivity. > > The fileserver is RHEL 3 (2.4.21-47.ELsmp) running > openafs-server-1.4.1-rhel3.3. The clients are all Debian Etch > (2.6.18-4-686) running openafs-client 1.4.2-6. Other identical clients > don't show the problem. > > I realize the server (and clients) are a few minor revisions out of date, > but I generally try to stay away from the bleeding edge with production > servers. > > So, questions: > 1) is this a known problem, and if so, is it fixed in a newer version of > the server? > 2) if it's not a known problem, what info would be useful in > troubleshooting it? The problem is occuring _right now_. I can solve it by > restarting the fs process, but can delay and troubleshoot if it would be > beneficial. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, Stephen > -- > Stephen Joyce > Systems Administrator P A N I C > Physics & Astronomy Department Physics & Astronomy > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Network Infrastructure > voice: (919) 962-7214 and Computing > fax: (919) 962-0480 http://www.panic.unc.edu > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info >
