[OpenAFS-devel] New subcommand for pts

[Kevin Coffman]

> > It can't be done atomically, because the ptserver only provides 
> > interfaces to add or remove a single group membership for a
> > single user at a time.
> > 
> > Why does it belong in 'pts', instead of in a script?
> 
> yes that's true , and this is our problem, we have to fork a binary , 
> authenticate, .... for each add or remove. 
> this takes to long in a script and we have run time problems updating a 
> big number of changes in a bulk within a given time.
> i think this is a function which makes live easier for admins in a big 
> environment

FYI,
The groups-within-groups code (aka SUPERGROUPS) adds an interactive
command to pts which makes this a bit less painful.

K.C.