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FS_NEWALIAS(1)						       AFS Command Reference						    FS_NEWALIAS(1)

NAME

       fs_newalias - Creates a new alias for a cell

SYNOPSIS

       fs newalias [-alias] <alias name>
	   [-name] <cell name> [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       The fs newalias command is used when the AFS Cache Manager is in Dynamic Root (-dynroot) mode. It creates a symbolic link in /afs from an
       alias to the full name of the cell. It also creates a symbolic link from the alias prepended with "." to the full name of the cell
       prepended with ".", the convention for access to the read/write version of the "root.cell" volume of that cell.

       This command is used to supplement aliases created via the CellAlias configuration file when afsd starts.

       Traditionally, these aliases 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. This alias capability is a replacement that allows such short names to be created under client control.

CAUTIONS

       Aliases created with fs newcell are only temporary and will be lost when the AFS Cache Manager is restarted or the client machine is
       rebooted. In order to make the alias permanent, it must be put into the CellAlias file.

       There is no way to remove an alias once created without restarting the AFS Cache Manager.

OPTIONS

       -alias <alias name>
	   This is the short name to which the user wants to map the real cell name.

       -name <cell name>
	   This is the real cell name.

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT

       This command has no output.

EXAMPLES

       There are two ways to call fs newalias:

	  % fs newalias openafs openafs.org
	  % fs newalias -alias openafs -name openafs.org

       Both of the above examples create an alias "openafs" for the cell "openafs.org". Two links will be created in /afs:

	  /afs/openafs	 ->  /afs/openafs.org
	  /afs/.openafs  ->  /afs/.openafs.org

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED

       The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser root.

SEE ALSO

       afsd(8), CellAlias(5), fs_listaliases(1)

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.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							    FS_NEWALIAS(1)

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CELLALIAS(5)							AFS File Reference						      CELLALIAS(5)

NAME
       CellAlias - Maps cell names to aliases in /afs

DESCRIPTION
       The CellAlias file is used by the Unix cache manager when it is using Dynamic Root (-dynroot) mode. It creates symbolic links in the
       dynamic root (/afs) 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. afsd will
       report an error on startup if the dotted entry is listed separately.

       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.

OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							      CELLALIAS(5)
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