From 14030caf7834aa70fab884ac3f0d4cb0a8a822f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brandon s allbery Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:46:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Small tweaks to multihomed server information, plus add information about `-rxbind` per mailing list. --- AdminFAQ.mdwn | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/AdminFAQ.mdwn b/AdminFAQ.mdwn index a8943e9..5df4e58 100644 --- a/AdminFAQ.mdwn +++ b/AdminFAQ.mdwn @@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ If you keep a "cheap replica", then by definition, if the RW is available, one o Yes, it will. Older AFS assumed that there is one address per host, but modern [[OpenAFS]] identifies servers ad clients by UUIDs (universally unique identifiers) so that a fileserver will be recognized by any of its registered addresses. -See the documentation for the [`NetInfo`](http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/5/NetInfo.html), [`NetRestrict`](http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/5/NetRestrict.html) files. The UUID for a fileserver is generated when the [`sysid`](http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/5/sysid.html) file is created. +See the documentation for the [`NetInfo`](http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/5/NetInfo.html) and [`NetRestrict`](http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/5/NetRestrict.html) files. The UUID for a fileserver is generated when the [`sysid`](http://docs.openafs.org/Reference/5/sysid.html) file is created. + +If you have multiple addresses and must use only one of them (say, multiple addresses on the same subnet), you may need to use the `-rxbind` option to the network server processes `bosserver`, `kaserver`, `ptserver`, `vlserver`, `volserver`, `fileserver` as appropriate. (Note that some of these do not currently document `-rxbind`, notably `kaserver` because it is not being maintained. Again, the preferred solution here is to migrate off of `kaserver`, but the `rxbind` option _will_ work if needed.) ### 3.15 Can I replicate my user's home directory AFS volumes? -- 1.9.4