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Hi Folks, I'm now three days into trying to get CODA working under LINUX. If I can finish it I promise to write an LINUX user FAQ (sorry but the present instructions [unless I'm missing something] leave a little to be desired.) What I have; 2 Servers running coda (Linux 2.1.122) one on 4.6 (256M,12G) one on 4.7 (384G,21G) Both have auth2, upd* venus and codasvr running quite happily. I have a servers file with 2 servers in it. I have a /coda (my coda:root) mounted on both boxes, one's an SCM the other points at it. I have created coda:source and cfs mkm'd it on both boxes, I can also write in both directories. Problem: a) createvol_rep coda:source E0000101 /archive/db/coda works fine. (as long as you don't add a trailing '/') b) cfs mkm /coda/user/source coda:source works fine on both boxes c) writing into /coda/user/source works fine on each box No Data moves between boxes - I have independent file systems! d) su user clog <user> <passwd> Ok e) ctokens <I have some> f) echo hello > /code/user/source/test (hangs) ^C (system call interrupted) [Both boxes!] ALSO o tarring or cp'ing lots of data converts the root dir to a file (certainly on 4.6, not verified on 4.7) o many cfs commands do not work (connection timed out?) o cmon looks great once I figure out what it means o cfs wd / cfs wr log quite happily but nothing happens..... HELP! As a matter of interest, things I had major problems with; a) /etc/services lost the auth2 entry during messing about, was hours before I noticed auth2 wasn't running... b) there is no step-by-step guide that makes any sense (without a system that is already set up!) c) the chances of having a partition on all systems which is the one you want to use for coda is slim... Took me ages to work out that I had to create a /archive/coda/vicepa on all systems and not use different partitions on different systems. d) The source tree doesn't seem to compile too well on a clean rh5 .1 system.... e) The VSGDB / users.coda / group.coda / pwd2* initpw etc makes great sense once you work out what the **** is going on..... ...Again if I can get to use it I'll gladly write a few setup scripts.... tia Gareth.Received on 1998-09-23 12:00:32