[OpenAFS] Questions about OpenAFS "reality"

[Christof Hanke]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
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> Is there a Linux GUI for day-to-day administration?
No, I'm afraid.
> 
> What is the status of server-side byte-range locking?  If this isn't a 
> near-term reality what alternatives do people use (SQL server is 
> obviously a possibility, are there other alternatives for "MS Access" 
> style databases and other byte-range locking needs)?
> 
I don't understand this. Do you want to put the database files into AFS?
If yes, why ?

> What are people doing for printing, particularly Windows printing?
> 
OpenAFS is nothing like "Samba" where you share printers and files alike 
over the network. It's a filesystem. Printing has to be done separately.