Re: Windows cache problem

Check to make sure that the Windows Internet Connection Firewall has
a hole for port 7001/UDP.   If not, the client is not receiving
callbacks from the file server when the contents of the volume changes.

Jeffrey Altman


Peter Reuterås wrote:
> Hi
> 
> One user has some strange problems with the OpenAFS client. The client 
> have used old cached files instead of newer from the server (he works both 
> from home and work). The date showned by windows is correct for the new 
> file, but opening the file in word still gets the old file.
> 
> Clocks are synced with ntp on clients and server.
> 
> Clients: 1.3.87 and 1.4.0-RC8
> Server: 1.2.13 (on RH9)
> 
> If the file is accessed from a Linux computer it gets the right version.
> 
> He also received this strange error message:
> 
> W:\>fs flushv
> Error flushing volume .: No error
> 
> Right clicking on a file in AFS can in some cases cause explorer to stop 
> responding for 20-30 seconds. Any ideas of possible problems or where to 
> continue to look for a solution/fix? The computer has been scanned for 
> viruses and spyware.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Peter
>