[OpenAFS] openafs and loop device on linux

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Nathan Rawling wrote:

> 
> I'm not attempting to make work for anyone, or even just complaining. 
> 
> I am curious, however. Is there any compelling reason that fileserver
> partitions really need to be named "/vicep??"? Is there some sort of an
> alpha->numeric mapping in the code somewhere that requires this?
> 
> Or, is this one of those "conventions" that pop up every once in a while
> that live past their usefulness (like /usr filesystems)?

It's certainly able to be modified but only with care. Briefly a patch in
CVS caused the namei fileserver to attempt to attach any directory found
at the top level with a file named AlwaysAttach in it. Well, in order for
this approach to work you need a config file, otherwise you might end up
looking in an automounter-served directory, or worse in /afs for such a
file.

Easier to enforce a namespace so you have to actually try to hose
yourself.

-D