[OpenAFS] How to access files on the server without the client?

2008-05-07 Thread Michał Droździewicz
Hi, Is it possible to access volumes (files on volumes) without the client? I can log in onto the server as root. Server is not serving volumes (problem I've described erlier - fileserver and volserver are not starting properly) and I really need to copy these files onto another machine for t

Re: [OpenAFS] How to access files on the server without the client?

2008-05-07 Thread Derrick Brashear
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:03 AM, Michał Droździewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to access volumes (files on volumes) without the client? Not with a view that looks like the clients see.

Re: [OpenAFS] How to access files on the server without the client?

2008-05-07 Thread Jason Edgecombe
Michał Droździewicz wrote: > Hi, > Is it possible to access volumes (files on volumes) without the > client? I can log in onto the server as root. > > Server is not serving volumes (problem I've described erlier - > fileserver and volserver are not starting properly) and I really need > to copy the

Re: [OpenAFS] How to access files on the server without the client?

2008-05-07 Thread Stephen Joyce
I know it's not what you want to hear, but as far as I know, you can only access that data via the fileserver. Whenever I've been in a similar situation in the past, it always helps to try to figure out what changed since the last time the server booted cleanly. You said you had a power outa

Re: [OpenAFS] How to access files on the server without the client?

2008-05-07 Thread Derrick Brashear
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Stephen Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know it's not what you want to hear, but as far as I know, you can only > access that data via the fileserver. That's not strictly true. Namei is all "through the filesystem", you just have to decode the names into inode