Here is an attempt at a NEWS file for openafs. Things I know I don't have and can easily get docs for: * bosserver restricted mode * New Unix ports Things I would like your help documenting: * New Windows 95/98 port Also, please indicate things I forgot about and should document.
Openafs News -- history of user Visible changes. 15 June 2001 * Changes since Openafs 1.0 ** A client system can now have multiple sysname values for @sys. They will be searched in order when looking up files in AFS. The -newsysname argument to fs sysname can be repeated to set multiple sysnames. ** A new system group is created for new cells (system:ptsviewers with id -203). If this group exists, members of this group can examine and read the entire protection database. They can examine all users and groups and can get the membership of any group. ** A new program, pt_util has been added to the distribution. This program allows users to print the contents of the protection database or to edit the protection database without running a ptserver. It can be used to set up a new cell without ever running in noauth mode. Run pt_util -h for help. ** The fs setcrypt and fs getcrypt commands have been added. These commands allow the system administrator to require that the client encrypt all authenticated traffic between the client workstation and AFS. The encryption used is weak, but is likely better than sending unencrypted traffic in most environments. Some functions, such as looking for a volume may not be encrypted, but data transfer certainly is. By default data is not encrypted. At this time no significant experimentation with server performance has been conducted. ** If AFS is compiled with AFS_AFSDB_ENV, then the -afsdb option can be given to afsd on startup. If this option is used, then new cells will be looked up using AFSDB records stored in DNS if they are not found in CellServDB. This means that users can create cross-cell mountpoints in directories they control to access cells not in root.afs, and that cells in root.afs need not be in the client's CellServDB. ** AFS database servers can be marked as read-only clones. Surround the hostname in square brackets on the bos addhost command and the database server will never be elected sync site. This is useful for cells distributed over a wide region.
