[OpenAFS] windows client rants

[Matthew Cocker]

Hi

The openafs windows client has issues but don't forget M$ software also 
has problems. For example Service Pack one for windows XP breaks many 
windows 2000 fileservers. BTW this same service pack has also slowed 
down opening an afs share for the first time but it does still work.

Isn't there a saying that somewhere that a MS development team hasn't 
finished a product release until it breaks X (where X is someone elses 
software).

quoted from windows & .NET magazine update october 29, 2002

"According to Microsoft, the connectivity problems aren't related to
multiple versions of the redirector code but do involve the Server
Message Block (SMB) protocol. The Microsoft article "'File or Network
Path No Longer Exists' or 'No Network Provider Accepted the Given
Network Path' Error Message When You Copy or Open Files in Windows XP
SP1" at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q329170 states
that the client errors are the result of a bug in how the Win2K system
hosting the shared resource processes signed SMB packets from an XP
SP1 client. The protocol bug produces many error messages in a variety
of circumstances. Clients might also experience delays accessing a
remote file, and in some cases, hang and need to be restarted. Find
out more about these connectivity problems and how to solve them at
the following URL:
    http://www.winnetmag.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=27148"




Cheers

Matt