University Computing Systems
AFS Troubleshooting
Common Problems and Their Likely Causes
- Cannot save a file
- make sure you have a Kerberos token:
tokens
- make sure you have adequate disk quota, and that the partition is not full
or nearly full:
fs <path_to_dir>
- make sure you have the required rights:
fs la
<path_to_dir>
- Cannot access a directory or a file
- make sure you have a Kerberos token:
tokens
- make sure you have the required rights:
fs la
<path_to_dir>
- Cannot copy a file
- make sure you have a Kerberos token:
tokens
- make sure you have adequate disk quota, and that the partition is not
full or nearly full:
fs <path_to_dir>
- make sure you have the required rights:
fs la
<path_to_dir>
- Accidental removal from ACL
- If you have removed your own rights from the ACL of your login directory
or any of its subdirectories, you can always restore those rights by:
fs sa -dir <directory> -acl <your.username> all