How to tell what FILESERVER a locker is on
Occassionally, file servers must go down for routine maintenance, or to
fix problems that occur unexpectedly at times. Or, sometimes, network
failures occur, and certain file servers cannot be reached from your
location. When this happens, files and lockers that are stored on that
file server are unreachable; if your home directory is located there, you
will not be able to reach your own files, and will be given the option to
log in with a temporary directory, only.
To determine which fileserver your home directory, or another locker is
on, type the following commands:
add consult
lookup lockername
Use your username in place of lockername, if you are interested in finding
out about your own directory.
For example:
athena% lookup jruser
Filesystem jruser (AFS) is located on:
ATLAS.MIT.EDU (read-write)
athena% lookup matlab
Filesystem matlab (AFS) is located on:
HAWK.MIT.EDU (read-write)
HAWK.MIT.EDU (read-only)
CHICKADEE.MIT.EDU (read-only, backup)
For more information about this command, type "man lookup" after adding
the consult locker.
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