Verify that you are listed in the /usr/afs/etc/UserList file. If necessary, issue the bos listusers command, which is fully described in To display the users in the UserList file.
% bos listusers <machine name>
machine name
Issue the vos unlock command to unlock the entry.
% vos unlock <volume name or ID>
volume name or ID
where
Must be typed in full.
Identifies the volume to be unlocked, either by its complete name or volume ID number. It can be any of the three versions of the volume.
Issue the vos unlockvldb command to unlock the desired entries.
% vos unlockvldb [<machine name>] [<partition name>]
partition name
Is the shortest acceptable abbreviation of unlockvldb.
Specifies a file server machine. Provide this argument alone to unlock all VLDB entries that mention the machine in a site definition. Omit both this argument and the partition name argument to unlock all VLDB entries.
Specifies a partition. Provide this argument alone to unlock all VLDB entries that mention the partition (on any machine) in a site definition. Omit both this argument and the machine name argument to unlock all VLDB entries.