By default, the list of database server machines is transferred into the
kernel from the F</usr/vice/etc/CellServDB> file. Alternatively, when the
B<-afsdb> option is used, the list of database server machines is taken
-from the AFSDB DNS records for each cell. After initialization, use the
+from the DNS SRV or AFSDB records for each cell. After initialization, use the
B<fs newcell> command to change the kernel-resident list without having to
reboot.
=item B<-afsdb>
-Enable afsdb support. This will use DNS to lookup the AFSDB record and
+Enable afsdb support. This will use DNS to lookup the SRV or AFSDB records and
use that for the database servers for each cell instead of the values
in the F<CellServDB> file. This has the advantage of only needing to
-update one DNS record to reconfigure the AFS clients for a new
+update one set of DNS records to reconfigure the AFS clients for a new
database server as opposed to touching all of the clients, and also
allows one to access a cell without preconfiguring its database
-servers in F<CellServDB>. The format of AFSDB records is defined in
-RFC 1183.
+servers in F<CellServDB>. The format of SRV records is defined in
+RFC 5864, and the AFSDB record format is in RFC 1183.
=item B<-backuptree>
L<CellServDB(5)>,
L<cacheinfo(5)>
-RFC 1183 L<http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1183.html>
+RFC 5864 L<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5864.txt>
+RFC 1183 L<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1183.txt>
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