[OpenAFS-devel] Re: on sockets and devices in AFS

[chas williams - CONTRACTOR]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:53:17 -0400
Andrew Deason <adeason@sinenomine.net> wrote:

> Old clients could write stuff to that file, though, which is also thus
> hidden from new clients. Unless you add knowledge about the special
> prefix or whatever to the fileserver, prohibiting such.

on old clients, the file would show up with the prefix visible so you
wouldnt blindly just write into that file via some program/script.
yes, a user could see it but they hopefully wonder about it before
deciding to randomly file some empty file with a strange prefix they
found (until you update the fileservers).