I should add that this is with version 3.0.3 and I am not currently
running a redirector; xrootdfs is pointing directly to the data server.
Thanks.
-paul
On 4/26/2011 8:46 PM, Paul T. Keener wrote:
> I am having trouble with XrootdFS. In particular, I am trying to force
> all xrootd traffic over my private network. I can xrdcp using
> root://foo.at3f//scratch fine on a machine different from foo.
> However, if I try to use xrootdfs to mount this filesystem, and set
> XROOTDFS_RDRURL to "root://foo.at3f:1094//scratch" (or even replace
> "foo.at3f" with the IP address), it will mount the filesystem, but if
> I try to access it, I get syslogd messages:
>
> WARNING: stat(root://<Public IP>:0//scratch/) failed (connection timeout)
>
> Looking at the network traffic, it is clear that these xrootd requests
> are going over the public network interfaces. The timeout is then
> caused by the firewall.
>
> How do I force all communication between xrootdfs and the xrootd
> service to go over the private network? Moreover, how is xrootdfs
> getting the public IP address of the server?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul T. Keener
> Department of Physics and Astronomy
> University of Pennsylvania
