Coda File System

Re: assigning server-id

From: Czuczy Gergely <czuczy_at_publishing.hu>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:18:08 +0200
It turned out to be a duplicate entry in the /vice/db/servers.

So, this was solved by removing one of the identical entries there.

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:02:52 -0400
Jan Harkes <jaharkes_at_cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 12:09:54PM +0200, Czuczy Gergely wrote:
> > During the server installation i've come across this message in the
> > SrvLog file:
> > 
> >  Fatal: unable to map server-id 1 to host coda3.in.publishing.hu,
> >         as it is already assigned to host coda3.in.publishing.hu
> > 
> > it sounds quite... strage to me. I'm doing everything according to 
> > http://coda.wikidev.net/Quick_Server_Action
> > 
> > I had to fix the ipaddress in /etc/coda/server.conf because coda was
> > unable to find it by a dns lookup (it works with hosts, i've got no
> > dns issues).
> 
> Because Coda uses a global namespace, it intentionally disables
> expanding the hostname with the domains that were specified with the
> search option in /etc/resolv.conf.
> 
> Essentially, we don't ever want to see non-FQDN names such as,
> 
>     /coda/coda
> 
> Because such a name depends on the location of the client. And an
> important target for Coda are mobile clients.
> 
> If we allowed /coda/coda, then the mobile client would lose access to
> the realm when he connects over a different network that has different
> DNS search domains.
> 
> Now if we used a FQDN like /coda/coda.cs.cmu.edu, this name would be
> be valid and unique on any network that has internet connectivity.
> 
> > what should be done to make this server-id issue solved?
> 
> It sounds like you have a duplicate line in /vice/db/servers.
> 
> Jan
> 


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Received on 2007-06-27 06:20:08