Installing and Mouting AFS cells

Setting up afs on a Linux machine:

• Download/install rpms from openafs.org
• Copy CellServDB and ThisCell to /usr/vice/etc/
• Reboot (modprobe ? && /sbin/service afs start)

For AFS administrators at external institutions, you will need to add the JPL cell to your servers. For example, if you are at Ames Research Center and need to add the JPL cell to your Ames server, use the following command:

fs mkmount -dir /afs/ic-afs.arc.nasa.gov -cell ic-afs.arc.nasa.gov -vol root.cell

By convention, it's also a good idea to create an explicit read/write mount point as the mount point's name with a period in front of it, as such:

fs mkmount -dir /afs/.ic-afs.arc.nasa.gov -cell ic-afs.arc.nasa.gov -vol root.cell -rw

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