David Bear wrote:
> 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

The UNC path notification bug is listed as a known issue on

  http://www.openafs.org/windows.html

There is an open issue with Microsoft on this one.  I can't fix it
without their help.  The AFS client service is sending the notification.
 The CIFS client is dropping it on the floor.

Jeffrey Altman

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