Christopher D. Clausen wrote: > Oh yes, I am aware of the greater potential for problems. I just didn't > want to get anyone's hopes up with notions that 1.5.X will solve all > problems. Generally though, MS Office apps seem to work better with the > 1.5.X clients (at least in my limited scope of testing.) > > <<CDC
It is certainly the case that there remain issues with the Windows client.
* No support for UNICODE file names
* No support for NT Streams or Extended Attributes
* The CIFS to AFS gateway model has a major problem in that
it is not possible to control the CIFS client timeout.
The CIFS protocol does not provide a mechanism for the server
to inform the client that the operation is still in progress.
So if the operation takes longer than the CIFS client expects
it should take, the CIFS client tears down the virtual circuit
breaking all file handles and locks, waits a period of time and
then reconnects.
Fixing these problems will require a serious investment of resources.
If you win the lottery and want to support OpenAFS, please let me know.
Jeffrey Altman
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