[OpenAFS] -dynroot/CellAliases howto/syntax

[Nathan Davis]

Nonsense.  Of course they are *able* to understand.  It's just a matter of
telling them (and if they're patient enough to listen) ;-)

--Nathan Davis

Jimmy Engelbrecht wrote:

> Rainer Bawidamann <rainer.bawidamann@de.ibm.com> writes:
>
> > I tried to use the new CellAliases feature (-dynroot). I couldn't find
> > information about it so I tried it but failed. Maybe I didn't got the
> > syntax of the CellAliases file right (or the wrong name?). Can you
> > help me with this?
>
> Dont you think cellaliases will confuse your users ?
>
> I do belive Location Transparency is a really nice feature with AFS.
> Cellaliases will break Location Transparency.
>
> they will not have their strange aliases at home with their own
> AFS-clienet.
>
> they will not be able to understand where they files in afs live when they
> come to another site that have AFS.
>
> they will not be able to tell people who dont have the same cellaliases
> where they homedirectory is.
>
> /Jimmy
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