> Doesn't the IBM XStation attempt to use the same port number as AFS?
> I think it uses 7000/tcp whereas the fileserver uses 7000/udp. If
> that turns out to be the problem, you should probably complain to IBM.
> I understand that we registered our usage of the 7000 ports with the
> appropriate governing body, though I don't know any of the details.
As of AIX 3.2.4 IBM x_st_mgr now uses port 9000. We switched from 7000 to
9000 when we noticed the problems I described. We had to do this all at
once since we use NIS. The problem persisted until we upgraded the
XStation server to AIX 3.2.4.
> A fix for mounting subdirectories of /afs through the AFS/NFS
> Translator has been proposed for a future release of AFS. I don't
> know if it has been officially tested yet or if it will be included in
> the final release of AFS 3.3. For more information, you could send in
> the question through the normal support channels.
>
> Joe Jackson,
> AFS Product Support,
> Transarc Corp.
The 'normal support channels' confirm that this is fixed in 3.3. I am
extremely pleased with this kind of responsiveness.
-Rick
