On Jul 19, 11:05am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> /afs/ir/users/[a-z]/$USER
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> I hope you don't mean this literally. CMU uses the shorthand /afs/cs/... in
> a lot of places, and it's a real pain. What's the point of using a global
> file system, then naming your files in such a way that they can only be used
> within the cell?
I'm not sure what you mean. We have a symlink in root.afs (ir) that points
to ir.stanford.edu. The official name is /afs/ir.stanford.edu. We have never
had complaints from anyone that they couldn't find /afs/ir/.... Most people
know to use the name /afs/ir.stanford.edu if they mention a path to someone.
Our password file does have /afs/ir/users in it, which has also never caused
anyone any problems and also makes the password file smaller. If it ever
became a problem its easy enough to change.
Roland
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