Re: Re: OpenAFS-1.3.66 freelance access to RW path

Douglas E. Engert wrote:

>The point is the freelance does not work as expected to get at the RW path 
>in a cell. If I did not use freelance, but relied on connectivity to the home cell,
>access /afs/.anl.gov/ would have worked. 
>  
>
Only because you created a readwrite mount point in the root.afs volume 
pointing to the root.cell volume
in the anl.gov cell.

>Our users will be surprised if they use freelance the way it is.
>I would suggest that adding a DriveLetter with the cell starting with a "." would 
>add the  .<cell>%<cell>:root.cell to the fake root.cell in the registry.
>  
>
I will see what I can do but ...

>The other suggestions below don't appear to work either.
>  
>
They absolutely do work as I have used them today to create mount points. 

[C:\4\4NT]dir /a:h \\afs\all

 Directory of  \\afs\all\*

 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .andrew.cmu.edu
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .athena.mit.edu
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .dementia.org
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .raeburn.org
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .windows.secure-endpoints.com
              0 bytes in 0 files and 5 dirs
1,099,511,626,752 bytes free

[C:\4\4NT]fs mkmount \\afs\all\.anl.gov root.cell anl.gov

[C:\4\4NT]dir /a:h \\afs\all

 Directory of  \\afs\all\*

 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .andrew.cmu.edu
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .anl.gov
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .athena.mit.edu
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .dementia.org
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .raeburn.org
 7/09/2001  14:24         <DIR>    .windows.secure-endpoints.com
              0 bytes in 0 files and 6 dirs
1,099,511,626,752 bytes free

[C:\4\4NT]fs lsmount \\afs\all\.anl.gov
'\\afs\all\.anl.gov' is a mount point for volume '#anl.gov:root.cell'

[C:\4\4NT]fs rmmount \\afs\all\.anl.gov

[C:\4\4NT]fs mkmount \\afs\all\.anl.gov root.cell anl.gov -rw

[C:\4\4NT]fs lsmount \\afs\all\.anl.gov
'\\afs\all\.anl.gov' is a mount point for volume '%anl.gov:root.cell'

[C:\4\4NT]\\afs\.anl.gov\

[\\afs\.anl.gov]dir

 Directory of  \\afs\.anl.gov\*

 4/14/2004  17:21         <DIR>    .
 4/14/2004  17:21         <DIR>    ..
 2/15/1999  10:13         <DIR>    alpha_dux40
12/05/1995   8:49         <DIR>    alpha_osf32
 4/16/1996  13:03         <DIR>    alpha_osf32c
 9/23/1992  22:56         <DIR>    appl
 9/01/1992  17:33         <DIR>    common
 9/17/2003  15:56         <DIR>    common.backup
 4/08/1997  11:07         <DIR>    DOCS
 1/24/1996  11:26         <DIR>    hp800_ux10
 9/01/1993   8:04         <DIR>    hp800_ux90
 9/17/2003  12:28         <DIR>    hp_ux
 2/06/2002  10:19         <DIR>    hp_ux11i
12/03/1996  14:54         <DIR>    hp_ux102
 2/12/1999  14:14         <DIR>    hp_ux110
10/28/1999  15:35         <DIR>    i386_linux22
 5/09/2001   9:27         <DIR>    i386_linux24
 6/03/2003  17:31         <DIR>    ia64_hpux1122
12/02/2003  15:03         <DIR>    ia64_hpux1123
 7/14/1999  12:56         <DIR>    linux-2.2.old
12/04/1997  10:27         <DIR>    linux-2.032
 2/25/1993  15:48         <DIR>    project
 9/22/1992  17:39         <DIR>    rs_aix32
11/27/1995  12:32         <DIR>    rs_aix41
12/03/1996  14:56         <DIR>    rs_aix42
12/03/1996  14:56         <DIR>    rs_aix43
 9/25/1992  15:16         <DIR>    services
 8/02/1994  14:29         <DIR>    sgi_52
 1/12/1995  14:08         <DIR>    sgi_53
12/03/1996  14:57         <DIR>    sgi_62
 4/17/1997  15:20         <DIR>    sgi_63
 1/06/1998  15:17         <DIR>    sgi_64
12/03/1998  18:24         <DIR>    sgi_65
 6/04/1993  15:28         <DIR>    sgi_405
 2/22/1994  17:37         <DIR>    sun4c_53
 5/22/1995  11:22         <DIR>    sun4c_54
 9/01/1992  18:01         <DIR>    sun4c_411
 1/26/1994   9:52         <DIR>    sun4m_53
 5/22/1995  11:21         <DIR>    sun4m_54
 9/04/1992   9:07         <DIR>    sun4m_412
 4/01/1996  15:52         <DIR>    sun4x_55
 1/07/1998  10:45         <DIR>    sun4x_56
10/28/1999  15:12         <DIR>    sun4x_57
11/14/2000  11:39         <DIR>    sun4x_58
 6/05/2002  16:05         <DIR>    sun4x_59
 9/01/1992  17:44         <DIR>    sun4_411
 9/01/1992  18:02         <DIR>    usr
10/06/1993   9:59         <DIR>    wsadmin
 9/25/1992  14:58             669  README
            669 bytes in 1 file and 48 dirs
1,099,511,626,752 bytes free

[\\afs\.anl.gov]