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Re: AFS on linux
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> http://linux.wauug.org/umlug/linuxafsfaq.html
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> anyone has any experiance with it? or in mixed
> Linux-sunOS-HPux-fujitsu-irix-AIX envirnments (more to the point). I want
> to evaluate the pros and cons BEFORE I start testing it on the production
> network...
I have an experience with AFS here in Intel. (Mostly as an end user, but I
know a bit about it). As you know Intel has many branches in the whole world,
and many times you have to work on systems located in USA for example. So All
I do is cd to some other directory and keep working as I work on my local
workstation. The remote access is absolutely transparent. It's like NFS but I
think it's better.
As I have talked to our sysadmins they say that a system managment sometimes
is a pain in the a**, but they say that there are lots of things they
couldn't do them without AFS. AFS has addition security layer which
overrides the regular UNIX security on fs. You can assign on each directory
specific users and groups allowance but instead of rwx on UNIX you have
'rlidwka':
In AFS, there are seven access rights that may be set or not set:
lookup l Permission to examine the ACL and traverse the
directory (needed with most other access rights).
Permission to look up filenames in a directory.
read r View the contents of files in the directory
insert i Add new files or sub-directories
write w Modify file contents, use "chmod"
delete d Remove file(s) in directory
lock k Permission for programs to "flock" files
in the directory
administer a Ability to change the ACL
If you want to learn more read:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/afs-faq/faq.html
And I understand Andrew FS will do many good for a large distributed system,
but will not help on small linux box since the administration will take most
of the time you will use that system. But that what I heard, and are free to
discover that yourself...
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