> Paul Johnson wrote: > > We are running openafs 1.4.0 with Linux clients. > > > > I want to script a process for shutdown time so that the dot files > > from the Linux $HOME directory are copied to the user's openafs space. > > But I can't figure how to ask openafs "where is that user's space?". > > <...> > > Users authenticate and they can find these things under > > /afs/ku.edu/usr/pols. If everybody were under the same directory, it > > would be easy. > > > AFS is just a filesystem[*]. Arguably, asking it to know about users' > home directories is like asking ext2 or ext3 to know about users' home > directories -- it's Someone Else's Problem, and how you solve it is an > administrative issue. > > At my site, the actual home directory ($HOME) points straight into AFS; > this is a fairly usual way of doing things. Since you *don't* do it this > way, you've got some options: > > - Stuff this information into a directory service like LDAP > - Have a single directory on AFS that has symlinks to the "real" > locations of everyones' usernames > - Throw together some other homegrown solution
Here's one. If users are unique (i.e., there can't be a pols666/bob and a pols909/bob), then just use a shell wildcard. cp $HOME/save.me /afs/ku.edu/usr/*/$USER John _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
