[OpenAFS] A few questions now

Neulinger, Nathan nneul@umr.edu
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:43:43 -0600


> 1) Occasionally, clients will get kernel messages from the=20
> openafs client
> about "Waiting on busy volume blahblahbla".  What are these=20
> all about?  I
> know that the volume can't be busy, because nobody else is=20
> using the machine
> at the time. ;)  Something to be concerned about, or ignored?

If you're running a backup or vos move against it, volume will be busy.

> 2) Is there a way to make permissions "stick" in AFS like the unix
> setuid/sgid bits when applied to directories?  For instance,=20
> if I am kinit'd
> as an administrator, and I go to someone's home directory and=20
> make a directory,
> I would prefer if that new directory by default would retain the ACL
> of the directory above it, instead of being set to=20
> system:administrators

That's broke if it is doing that. It should automatically get the
permissions of the parent dir. Please double check this.=20

> only.   I have some problems with permissions seemingly=20
> "roaming" around at
> times, and I'm pretty sure it's because I'm making=20
> directories without taking
> note of what user I'm kinit'd as; so I find directories that=20
> I unexpectedly
> am unable to access as a regular user, etc.
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> Thanks!
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> --=20
> Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>, icq=3D10317253
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