[OpenAFS] key issues for OpenAFS future?

[Dan Pritts]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 07:34:34PM +0000, Paul Blackburn wrote:
> What capabilities are considered important for the OpenAFS future?

Agreed that file (and volume) size limits are significant.   

Also agree that getting the kernel modules into the linux tree would
definitely be a good thing vs. developers having to jump through hoops
to make it work with each new release from a major distributor.

more fine-grained access control for server functionality, like was
discussed recently on the list (eg, list of users who can do a vos
release, vs list of users who can change acls everywhere).  Having to
script it up in the adm/scheme environment has always seemed like
a nightmare.  A client-server app written in a more widely-understood
language would be less of a nightmare but still a hack.

Better backup tools would be nice.

Keeping the windows client working well (despite microsoft) is important.

danno
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