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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/afs/src/arlad/CellServDB.5 | 29 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/afs/src/arlad/CellServDB.5 b/usr.sbin/afs/src/arlad/CellServDB.5 index a490a0bd2f0..03849ae3c45 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/afs/src/arlad/CellServDB.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/afs/src/arlad/CellServDB.5 @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: CellServDB.5,v 1.3 2002/06/07 06:54:39 hin Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: CellServDB.5,v 1.4 2002/06/07 07:54:45 hin Exp $ .\" $KTH: CellServDB.5,v 1.3 2000/09/25 07:24:18 lha Exp $ .Dd April 19, 2000 .Dt CellServDB 5 -.Os +.Os Arla .Sh NAME .Nm CellServDB .Nd AFS cells and database servers @@ -23,23 +23,24 @@ ip-address #third.server.for.cell .Pp .Nm is read when -.Nm arlad +.Nm is started, normally when the system boots. .Pp -The text after the # is NOT a comment, it the hostname of the +The text after the # is NOT a comment, it's the hostname of the db-server, and it's used to lookup the address. The address is only -used when the hostname doesn't resolve. +used when the hostname is not found in DNS. .Pp -Entires in the file are searched and expanded by many programs +Entries in the file are searched and expanded by many programs. .Pp -There is better way to distribute database-server location then -CellServDB and that is via a DNS resource record called AFSDB. This -is better since there will be no more obsolete CellServDB files laying -around with no longer valid information. +In most cases it is better to distribute the information in +.Nm +with the AFSDB DNS resource records. This avoids having out of date +information in +.Nm Ns . .Pp -When useing AFSDB-rr, entries entries should still be listed, but -without listing any hosts. This is needed for dynroot to work. +When using AFSDB DNS resource records, entries entries should still +be listed, but without any hosts. This is needed for dynroot to work. .Sh FILES -.Pa /usr/arla/etc/CellServDB +.Pa /etc/afs/CellServDB .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr arlad 8 +.Xr afsd 8 |