[auton-users] AFS on lop*

[Paul Komarek]

On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 10:10, Dan Pelleg wrote:
> Jacob Joseph writes:
>  > After discovering a major bug with respect to failed writes to AFS on 
>  > the Opterons, I have fixed the afflicted machines and taken the 
>  > opportunity to install on the rest.  AFS is now functional on ALL of the 
>  > lops.  Please let me know if you notice anything out of the ordinary.
>  > 
>  > Thanks,
>  > -Jacob
>  > 
> 
> I seem to have lost my kerberos tokens in the middle of a cvs update. I
> logged in and did a klog. Then I did a "cvs up" in one directory, which
> went well. Then in another directory. A few files updated ok, then I got
> this:
> 
> cvs [update aborted]: cannot close history file: /mnt/BigPapa/home/dpelleg/g/cvsroot/CVSROOT/history: Permission denied
> cvs update: failed to remove lock /afs/cs/project/learn/group/cvsroot/dset/#cvs.rfl.lop2.autonlab.org.12400: Permission denied
> 
> 
> I wasn't able to fs la that directory from lop2 ("permission denied"). I
> was, however, able to do so from another (facilitized) machine holding the
> same credentials.
> 
> I did another "klog" on lop2 and then another cvs up, which succeeded.
> 
> Looks like a nasty cache or kerberos problem; in the meantime, if you get
> this, you should try again after a "klog".
> 

Hi Dan,

lop2 is reserved for me right now, and I asked Jacob not to do any AFS
stuff on it in case of a kernel problem.  lop2 will be updated when my
reservation has lapsed.

Because you are an admin, you can still login.  Nobody else can,
however.

-Paul