NAME
CellAlias - Maps cell names to aliases in /afs
DESCRIPTION
The CellAlias file is used when the AFS Cache Manager is Dynamic Root
(-dynroot) mode. It creates symbolic links in the dynamic root that
link an alias for a cell (usually a short name) to the full name for
the cell.
The most common use of this configuration file is to allow short names
for frequently used cell names. Traditionally, such short names would
be created by the local AFS administrator by creating symbolic links in
the "root.afs" volume. Such symlinks do not appear when Dynamic Root is
enabled because, with Dynamic Root, the Cache Manager does not mount or
look at the "root.afs" volume. CellAlias is a replacement that allows
such short names to be created under the client control.
If you configure a short name mapping such as "ir" for
"ir.stanford.edu", the mapping of ".ir" to ".ir.stanford.edu" for the
read/write version of the "root.cell" volume for that cell will be
created automatically. There is no need to list that alias separately
(and it is listed separately, afsd will report an error on startup).
The contents of the CellAlias file should consist of one line of two
whitespace-separated columns per alias. The first column is the real
name of the cell, and the second column is the alias that should be
created.
EXAMPLES
The following CellAlias file:
openafs.org openafs
uncc.edu uncc
results in the following symbolic links:
/afs/.openafs -> /afs/.openafs.org
/afs/openafs -> /afs/openafs.org
/afs/.uncc -> /afs/.uncc.edu
/afs/uncc -> /afs/uncc.edu
SEE ALSO
fs_newalias(1), fs_listaliases(1), afsd(8)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2007 Jason Edgecombe <jason@rampaginggeek.com>
This documentation is covered by the BSD License as written in the
doc/LICENSE file. This man page was written by Jason Edgecombe for
OpenAFS.