On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 10:59:19AM -0400, Rodney M. Dyer wrote: > At 08:57 AM 4/25/2007, Stephen Joyce wrote: > >Hi David, > > > >Are you accessing the AFS folders via a UNC path (\\afs\...) or a mapped > >drive (H:..., etc)? > > > >I saw this issue only when trying to use a UNC path, as advised by the > >docs. When I went back to mapped drives, refreshes are always immediate. I > >reported this bug: > >http://grand.central.org/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=50864 There's a bit > >more technical info in RT from Jeff Altman on this problem. > > Ah that's it, Stephen is correct. I remember now that I had the same > problem a few of years back when I was experimenting with changing the user > profile and redirected folder paths to use UNC paths instead of drives.
then we know the issue has been around for a long time. Do we know that it is really a bug with openafs code or is it with the smb server code (or microsoft).. It sure would be great if a couple of large users could put of the money to make openafs into an installable file system... > > I certainly wish this was fixed, however I "assumed" at the time that this > was an issue with Microsoft, and that UNC paths work that way "by > design". This problem is preventing me from migrating away from drives > where I can. > > Rodney -- David Bear phone: 602-496-0424 fax: 602-496-0955 College of Public Programs/ASU University Center Rm 622 411 N Central Phoenix, AZ 85007-0685 "Beware the IP portfolio, everyone will be suspect of trespassing" _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
