I hate to state the obvious as I am sure you checked this already, but it really sounds like a firewall issue or something on the network is blocking traffic rather then the afs client itself.
Sean On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, Wheeler, JF (Jonathan) wrote: > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Mark Henry > > Sent: 28 April 2009 23:22 > > > > I have an OpenAFS client that works after each reboot and then > eventually > > hangs when the afs area is accessed. I am running openafs 1.4.9 that > I compiled > > on the system (I have tried many versions of the openafs client with > the same > > results). The OS is OpenSUSE 10.3. I have two other systems with the > same > > OS that are working fine. > > > > I have searched /var/log/messages. I have checked the config files. > User > > authentication works fine (even when the system is hanging). If I run > the > > command 'ls -l /afs' that window is hung. If an afs user logs in when > the > > system is in a bad state the session immediately hangs because it > can't cd > > to the afs home dir. I don't know what to do other than reboot. Can > someone > > tell me what else to try to find out why this system is hanging? > Thanks, > > If you really are using the command "ls -l /afs", I have always > understood that this is getting information about the whole of AFS > space, that is, the root directories for all AFS cells; naturally this > will take a long time. This may not solve your problem, but the command > as given is a bad (TM) idea. Of course, the command "ls -l > /afs/CELLNAME" where CELLNAME is the name of your cell is a much better > idea. > > Jonathan Wheeler > e-Science Centre > Rutherford Appleton Laboratory > (Cell rl.ac.uk) > -------------------------------------- Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist Michigan State University ------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
