[OpenAFS] Re: State of OpenAFS

[Todd M. Lewis]

"Todd M. Lewis" wrote:
> 
> Wout Mertens wrote:
> >
> > Anything else that is different versus 'regular' unix filesystems?
> 
> * ACLs apply to whole directories
> * Only the first 3 bits of a file's permissions are relevant
>   (which gives you 6 free bits to do with whatever crazy
>    things you want -- not that I'd ever do such a thing :-)
> * A cell-wide switch for support of AFS suid/sgid executables
> * volume mount points are just specially formatted symlinks, so
>   volumes can be mounted almost anywhere any number of times
> * @sys macro expansion makes serious architecture magic possible
> * PTS cool/weird (groups in groups, IP ACLs, user-defined groups)

I left out one that really came as a shocker the first time I
encountered it:

  * AFS does not update/maintain last access times.

Cheers,
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