[OpenAFS] Re: OpenAFS 1.3.62 release available

[Michael Niksch]

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 > For Windows, 1.3.62 represents the currently supported client. We
 > recommend upgrading from previous releases if you are having problems,
 > several issues from 1.3.61 have been addressed (including integrated
 > logon issues, installer problems, and a crash on afsd service
 > shutdown).

Unfortunately, I am still having a couple of problems.

1. Stopping the service still causes a crash of afsd_service.exe.

2. Adding a seconds drive mapping in the Drive Letters tab does not 
refresh the list.

3. I thought I understood that UNC path names have now changed to the 
generic \\afs\cellname\... rather than the machine-specific 
\\%computername%-afs\cellname\... However, I still find only the latter, 
despite my "NetbiosName" being "AFS". I installed with all default 
settings, except integrated login and my custom cellname and 
afsdcell.ini. I am attaching my registry settings for reference. Did I 
miss anything? Do I have to make the "afs" hostname resolve to my 
loopback address for \\afs to work?

4. Adding global drive letters seems to have a syntax inconsistent with 
adding user-specific drives, and I haven't been able to make a global 
drive actually work. On the other hand, deleting a global drive seems to 
shift it to the list of user-specific drives, where I can neither 
disable nor delete it.

5. With the old way of mounting root.afs, it was possible to use not 
only cell mounts, but also symbolic links in that volume. While I admit 
that this has always been a hack, many sites have come to rely on 
shortcuts like /afs/@cell, /afs/ThisCell, /afs/z or /afs/zurich in place 
of of /afs/zurich.ibm.com.

6. If I create a drive mapping for \afs itself, the contents of that 
drive seems to be built only dynamically, even though I have not turned 
on cell lookups via DNS. Many people expect to be able to browse through 
the list of cells specified in afsdcells.ini.

7. While I would prefer to use generic \\afs\cellname\... UNC names, it 
has proven convenient to also have a global drive mapping for \afs. 
Drive mappings provide the only way to CD to an AFS directory. 
Unfortunately, the AFS context menu is also only available using drive 
letters, not using UNC paths. On the other hand, mapping each cell to a 
different drive letter quickly causes a mess and a shortage of drive 
letters.

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Michael Niksch                     /Zurich/IBM @ IBMCH
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory     nik@zurich.ibm.com
Saeumerstrasse 4                   http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~nik/
CH-8803 Rueschlikon / Switzerland  P: +41-1-724-8913 F: +41-1-724-8080


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