openafs client hangs on accessing any directory

[ChrisCauser]

Hi there,

I'm an occasional user of openafs-client, and recently I have been unable to connect to our AFS cluster. As far as I'm aware I have not changed the client (bar some kernel upgrades).

aklog succeeds, but takes a little while, but any interaction within the /afs directory results in a hanging terminal.

Comparing the changelog of the package with a Debian report [1], there was a showstopping bug reported after the latest build of openafs-client in Groovy. Is this the cause? If so can it please be ported over to the Ubuntu build?

I know this report is vague, but I'm a casual user of openafs and so don't know how to run any detailed diagnostics. If you have any commands you would like me to run to confirm theories, please let me know.

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=980115

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.