[OpenAFS] Linux kernel 2.6 & AFS

[Troy Benjegerdes]

> > So has there been any sort of communication between these three projects
> > on how to solve the authentication/pag type issues??
> 
> Not an Arla fan? What about Coda?
> 
> We've been keeping apprised of nfsv4 developments.
> 
> Yes, we already thought of this. Many many months ago. We're not quite
> that slow.

Okay, more exhaustive list...

openafs, kafs, coda, arla, lustre, nfsv4.

I'm sure everyone's thought of this, but does anyone have code I can
look at that supports authentication for N different filesystems (where
N > 2)?

For example, what's the interface that I can use in, say, courier-imap
to ask the kernel if authenticated and able to access a particular file,
or the interface to get authenticated. 

I know what the interface is now, for openafs. But I stand a much better
chance of getting changes to courier or openssh accepted if it's a generic 
inteface that works with a "common" 2.6 linux kernel filesystem auth
structure.

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