[OpenAFS] dropbox semantics ("irl")

Christopher D. Clausen cclausen@acm.org
Wed, 30 May 2007 13:09:06 -0500


Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 May 2007, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
>> Derrick J Brashear <shadow@dementia.org> writes:
>>
>>> It's enforced in the fileserver. The logic is weird and i don't
>>> remember it, It may be that you can only extend the file.
>>
>> Oh, okay, I'm wrong then.  I must be remembering something different.
>
> I could just as easily be wrong. I don't remember anymore. The key is
> "it's a hack"

I think this previous thread still applies:
http://www.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2005-December/020826.html

And I'm pretty sure it is indeed client enforced.  Try using arla and 
see if it works differently.

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