If the timeout interval on UDP port mappings on your home NAT router is too aggressive, you can get into a situation where the workload Finder puts on AFS simply doesn't finish due to the timing of it. We don't have a more creative answer yet.
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Florian Kruse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I've just installed OpenAFS 1.4.11 under Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) on my > MacBook Pro to access files in my CERN home directory (cell cern.ch). The > installation procedure seems to have worked: With an active Kerberos ticket > I can do aklog and access my files on the terminal (cd, ls, touch and other > terminal commands like vi work). > > However, accessing the files via the Finder does *not* work. Opening /afs or > other directories in the Finder just does not show any files. Instead the > corresponding Finder window is busy all the time (spinning wheel in lower > right corner). After several hours of waiting no files show up. > > Trying to find a solution I stumbled upon this: > > http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2009-March/030962.html > > However, my situation is slightly different: The files do not show up at > all. Even trying to open a directory with only a few files and no > subdirectories doesn't work. Odd thing here: If I try to open a directory > via Cmd-Shift-G in the Finder it can check if the directory actually exists > (entering a non-existing path there returns a "folder can't be found", > entering a valid path eventually closes the Goto window and brings an empty > and busy Finder window). > > If I try to open files in other Mac OS applications (i.e. native Mac OS GUI > apps) this doesn't work as well (obviously open/save dialogs use the same > mechanisms as the Finder). However, if I launch an Application from the > Terminal (e.g. launch Xcode from there with a .cpp file as argument), the > file can be opened normally. Saving afterwards (via Cmd-S and therefore > avoiding save dialogs) takes approx. 10 seconds but eventually works. > > Because DNS servers were the problem in the above mentioned thread, I'm was > testing this at home (see update below). My MacBook is behind a small DSL > Router (AVM Fritz!Box). I never had any DNS problems (quite the contrary, > DNS is normally very fast). Disabling icon previews in the Finder didn't > help as well. > > Does anyone experience similar difficulties or --even better-- has an > explanation/fix for my problem? > > Thanks in advance! Greetings, > > Florian > > P.S. Update: Today, I tested this with the same MacBook from my university > office. Here I have a unique IP address and "real" Internet connection. > Suddenly everything works fine. Probably the problem will not vanish when I > get home. I assume, using AFS behind a small DSL router with the Finder > makes some problems. But why? > _______________________________________________ > port-darwin mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/port-darwin > -- Derrick _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
