[OpenAFS] AFS nautilus file browser

[Russ Allbery]

Kirk Patton <kpatton@transmeta.com> writes:

> I am running an AFS cell using OpenAFS 1.4.0-c4.  A user has reported
> issues with the file browser nautilas.  It crashes when browsing AFS
> file spaces.

> Has anyone come accross this before?  I saw a previous post reguarding a
> similar issue, Oct 2001, but there was not resolution mentioned.

Try using gamin instead of fam.  That's the problem with a lot of file
browsers.  Since fam runs outside of the user's context as a system
service, it doesn't have the credentials to see into AFS, and the
confusion between what the file browser can see vs. what fam can see
confuses it.

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>