[OpenAFS] Re: fs setacl and permissions

[Todd M. Lewis]

>> I see a need for both solutions.  Would it be possible to change the
>> behaviour on a per-fileserver basis?  That you could allow one scenario
>> on volumes on fileserver a and allow the other on fileserver b.
>>
>> Perhaps a flag to the fileserver on start-up to select which method the
>> cell admin would like?
> 
> the problem is the right way is per-volume, but per-fileserver is 
> probably the best we can do today. anyone want to code it? (i can code 
> it, it's like 5 minutes work, but testing is a little more)

Is this really a good idea? Will vos move give a warning when moving a 
volume from one flavor of server to another? What happens when a server 
is rebooted with the flag switched? Would we need some kind of flag on 
the volume itself to say what kind of behavior is expected? This may be 
a 5 minute change, but recovery may take years. Maybe with a little more 
thought we can come up with a way to get the specific desired behavior 
without making multiple flavors of file servers (and avoid the resulting 
confusion that will ensue).
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