Excerpts from mail: 28-Jun-95 Re: AFS client file ownersh.. Paul
Blackburn@mailgate. (704)
> We do that and it works well here. On clients, we have a symbolic link:
> /usr/afsws => /afs/aixssc.uk.ibm.com/@sys/usr/afsws
> I like this because there is one master copy: updates propagate pretty quickly!
> I'd like to understand why you think it is better to have local /usr/afsws.
> --
We learned rather quickly that several of the commands in /usr/afsws had
to be on the local disk. If you have a problem with AFS fileservers,
and /usr/afsws is in AFS, you lose your ability to use those command to
try to diagnose and take action to correct the problem.
Additionally, we believe that as much as possible, programs and commands
should be on the local disk for performance reasons. As disk prices
continue to drop, this goal become more attainable (for more machines).
jeff
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