> In addition, specifically to deal with the NeXT, we have
> a second shadow copy of root.afs specifically for the NeXT,
> with special magic symbolic links so the actual directory doesn't
> get referenced until the user references it.
Yes, we do this too.
> The real solution is certainly some sort of distributed database.
> Obviously, something like the domain name service would be
> a lot better way to name cells and locate servers, than
> a flat file. It looks like DFS aka AFS 4 should fix this,
> so I guess we just have to wait for that.
There is an experimental domain name system resource record, AFSDB,
which presumably could be used for this information. All we need to
do now is get software to generate the queries and answer them when
they arrive.
louie
