GSoC 2026: Interest in afsio mount point/ACL support project

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Hello,

My name is Junsouh Hong, a computer science student currently studying at
Carnegie Mellon University (the birthplace of AFS!), and I plan to
concentrate in systems engineering in the future. I have some extensive
experience in C and a decent understanding of CLIs/low-level systems.

I recently began looking at the OpenAFS codebase, and I checked out the
repository to begin reading the source code around the afsio CLI tool and
start experimenting with the system.

I had a couple questions:
1. Should I look at the existing mount point and ACL commands the code for
fs in order to understand how I might implement it in afsio, or would that
not be particularly useful?

2. The description of the project mentions "recent changes" that made
authenticated use of afsio without a kernel module possible; are there any
specific commits that reflect these changes, or in general any changes
involving afsio, that I might want to look at for better understanding?

3. Are there any small bugs/issues that a new contributor like me could
resolve in order to get familiar with the patch process?

4. How should I continue contact? If I have further questions, should I ask
them here, or should I use the IRC chat, or some other method? (My IRC
nickname is oranges102)

Thank you so much for your time!

Best,
Jun

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>My name is Junsouh Hong, a compu=
ter science student currently studying at Carnegie Mellon University (the b=
irthplace of AFS!), and I plan to concentrate in systems engineering in the=
 future. I have some extensive experience in C and a decent understanding o=
f CLIs/low-level systems.<br><br>I recently began looking at the OpenAFS co=
debase, and I checked out the repository to begin reading the source code a=
round the afsio CLI tool and start experimenting with the system.</div><div=
><br>I had a couple questions:</div><div>1. Should I look at the existing m=
ount point and ACL commands the code for fs in order to understand how I mi=
ght implement it in afsio, or would that not be particularly=C2=A0useful?</=
div><div><br>2. The description=C2=A0of the project mentions &quot;recent c=
hanges&quot; that made authenticated use of afsio without a kernel module p=
ossible; are there any specific commits that reflect these changes, or in g=
eneral any changes involving afsio, that I might want to look at for better=
 understanding?<br><br>3. Are there any small bugs/issues that a new contri=
butor like me could resolve in order to get familiar with the patch process=
?</div><div><br>4. How should I continue contact? If I have further questio=
ns, should I ask them here, or should I use the IRC chat, or some other met=
hod? (My IRC nickname is oranges102)</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you so =
much for your time!<br><br>Best,=C2=A0<br>Jun</div></div>

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