[OpenAFS-devel] Soft mounts for /afs root

[Derrick J Brashear]

On 15 Jun 2001, Sam Hartman wrote:

> >>>>> "Derrick" == Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:
> 
>     Derrick> Which seems to be the level that many admins or at least
>     Derrick> many site policies operate at, so that's not entirely
>     Derrick> inappropriate, either.  I for one don't feel bad for
>     Derrick> trying to create an environment at my site which I feel
>     Derrick> provides the best user experience, based on my own
>     Derrick> experience and feedback from those users.
> 
> No, actually, our customers want it is somewhat stronger than the
> assertion that we should doo foo and up until now people hadn't really
> even gotten around to saying our customers want it except for your
> statement about ro vs rw.

Well, the bad part is we (here at least) are not entirely sure what the
customers want, and if we asked, I'd bet like so much else we'd get
both sides, with each side trying to out-scream the other. 

>     Derrick> The justification for the above is, respectively: -we
>     Derrick> have configuration which expects /afs/.andrew.cmu.edu to
>     Derrick> exist 
> 
> Understood.
> 
>     Derrick> -I don't want to confuse things any more than
>     Derrick> needed
> 
> How would having  mount points for  other cells be confusing?

Not mount points for other cells (AFSDB discovery) but extra mount points
for other cells (rw mount points). "What's the difference between
/afs/andrew.cmu.edu and /afs/.andrew.cmu.edu?" Except it would be for
every cell. We by default mount people's backup volumes as "OldFiles" in
their home directory, and that's another fun one, ("I'm trying to reduce
my quota usage and...") but that's out of scope other than as a way to
explain the confusion.

-D