[OpenAFS] Request for Assistance with OpenAFS

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:01:34 +0100

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Hopefully this is a quick and stupid question.

I have Mac clients on the network who have data in deep folder structures =
with long filename paths, well in excess of the Windows 256(255) character=
 limit, and they need to copy their data across onto a Windows 2008 R2 Ser=
ver, which obviously fails when the length of the filename goes over this =
limit.

If I install Open AFS on this Windows server, will this allow the clients =
to successfully copy the data to a share on an NTFS formatted volume on th=
e Windows box? Also, if version 1.7 is implemented as a native Windows fil=
e system, would I need to format a disk or partition on the Windows box as=
 an AFS volume for the Mac users to be able to copy their long filename st=
ructures without issue, and would this data be able to be browsed locally =
on the Windows server following copying it across?

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ink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Hopefully this=
 is a quick and stupid question.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>I have Mac clients on the network who =
have data in deep folder structures with long filename paths, well in exce=
ss of the Windows 256(255) character limit, and they need to copy their da=
ta across onto a Windows 2008 R2 Server, which obviously fails when the le=
ngth of the filename goes over this limit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNor=
mal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>If I install Open AFS on thi=
s Windows server, will this allow the clients to successfully copy the dat=
a to a share on an NTFS formatted volume on the Windows box? Also, if vers=
ion 1.7 is implemented as a native Windows file system, would I need to fo=
rmat a disk or partition on the Windows box as an AFS volume for the Mac u=
sers to be able to copy their long filename structures without issue, and =
would this data be able to be browsed locally on the Windows server follow=
ing copying it across?<o:p></o:p></p></div><br clear=3D"both">
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