[OpenAFS-devel] Soft mounts for /afs root

[Michael Niksch]

Couldn't all that configuration information be stored in an extended
CellServDB format as well as a prepopulated /afs stub on the client?
Something along the lines of having a CellServDB reading

  # Mount most frequently used cell RO and RW, hardcode its servers.
  >hard,ro,rw>ir.stanford.edu     # Stanford University
  171.64.7.222                    #afsdb1.stanford.edu
  171.64.7.234                    #afsdb2.stanford.edu
  171.64.7.246                    #afsdb3.stanford.edu
  # Automout other local cells RO and RW using AFSDB 1 records.
  >auto,ro,rw>*.stanford.edu
  # Never ever mount si.umich.edu.
  >deny>si.umich.edu
  # Automount RO all other cells using AFSDB 1 records.
  >auto,ro>*

and prepopulating /afs with symbolic links like

  /afs/ir -> ir.stanford.edu
  /afs/.ir -> .ir.stanford.edu

Don't flame me about the CellServDB syntax, it's just an example to
demonstrate the idea.

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