[OpenAFS] not enough space in target directory

[Jack Hill]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2013, Jeffrey Altman wrote:

> File a bug report with Microsoft if the problem is experienced when
> using the explorer shell or applications relying upon the shell api for
> file access.
>
> This is a known bug in the explorer shell and Microsoft has been working
> on it for more than six months.  As with all Windows bugs, a fix is
> prioritized based upon the number of complaints received from paying
> support customers.
>
> Jeffrey Altman

Jeffrey,

I believe that one of my users has encountered this bug (unfortunately, we 
do not have a support contract), but it is happening very infrequently: I 
only know of two occurrences from one client machine in the past several 
months. Can you expand on what the symptoms of the bug are and how to 
confirm that we are suffering from it? Will all volumes be affected if 
accessed via a path that traverses a replicated root.cell?

Also, since it appears that we won't be able to get it fixed, what 
work-arounds are there (I can think of: don't use Windows, use a different 
file manager (but this won't help applications shat use the shell API), and 
always access volumes via the RW path/use replication sparingly.)?

Best,
Jack