Re: Problem obtaining AFS tokens in Windows XP

My first guess is that when you are home the DNS server is not providing
you access to the csail.mit.edu AFSDB records.   You might want to try
adding them to your CellServDB file.

Jeffrey Altman


Aaron Adler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with OpenAFS on my laptop. I'm running Windows XP SP 2
> (Tablet Edition) with OpenAFS Client 1.4.0008. I was having problems and
> tried to fix them, and eventually gave up and reinstalled Windows, but
> I'm still having the problem. At one time, OpenAFS worked on my laptop.
> Now, it works when I'm at work, but not when I'm at home. However, my
> desktop at home (on the same network) works just fine.
> 
> My AFS Client does not appear to be able to contact the cell to get my
> tokens. I'm also using Kerberos so my machine can get Kerberos tickets,
> but hangs for about a minute while it is doing so (presumably because it
> tries to get AFS tokens and eventually gives up). I've run the following
> command using the command shell:
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\cadlerun>aklog -d -c csail.mit.edu
> aklog: Can't get information about cell csail.mit.edu.
> 
> Any help in debugging this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Aaron Adler
> 
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