| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> |
| 2 | <glossary id="HDRWQ90"> |
| 3 | <title>Glossary</title> |
| 4 | |
| 5 | <glossdiv> |
| 6 | <title>A</title> |
| 7 | |
| 8 | <glossentry> |
| 9 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">a (administer) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 10 | |
| 11 | <glossdef> |
| 12 | <para>The ACL permission that allows the possessor to change the entries on the ACL .</para> |
| 13 | </glossdef> |
| 14 | </glossentry> |
| 15 | |
| 16 | <glossentry> |
| 17 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">a Privacy Flag</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 18 | |
| 19 | <glossdef> |
| 20 | <para>The fourth privacy flag on a group, which enables the possessor to add members to it.</para> |
| 21 | </glossdef> |
| 22 | </glossentry> |
| 23 | |
| 24 | <glossentry> |
| 25 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Access Control List (ACL)</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 26 | |
| 27 | <glossdef> |
| 28 | <para>A list associated with an AFS directory that specifies what actions a user or group can perform on the directory and |
| 29 | the files in it. There are seven access permissions: <emphasis role="bold">a</emphasis> (<emphasis |
| 30 | role="bold">administer</emphasis>), <emphasis role="bold">d</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">delete</emphasis>), <emphasis |
| 31 | role="bold">i</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">insert</emphasis>), <emphasis role="bold">k</emphasis> (<emphasis |
| 32 | role="bold">lock</emphasis>), <emphasis role="bold">l</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">lookup</emphasis>), <emphasis |
| 33 | role="bold">r</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">read</emphasis>), and <emphasis role="bold">w</emphasis> (<emphasis |
| 34 | role="bold">write</emphasis>).</para> |
| 35 | </glossdef> |
| 36 | </glossentry> |
| 37 | |
| 38 | <glossentry> |
| 39 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">ACL Entry</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 40 | |
| 41 | <glossdef> |
| 42 | <para>An entry on an ACL that pairs a user or group with specific access permissions.</para> |
| 43 | </glossdef> |
| 44 | </glossentry> |
| 45 | |
| 46 | <glossentry> |
| 47 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Alias</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 48 | |
| 49 | <glossdef> |
| 50 | <para>An alternative name for an AFS command.</para> |
| 51 | </glossdef> |
| 52 | </glossentry> |
| 53 | |
| 54 | <glossentry> |
| 55 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">all ACL Shorthand</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 56 | |
| 57 | <glossdef> |
| 58 | <para>A shorthand notation used with the <emphasis role="bold">fs setacl</emphasis> command to represent all seven |
| 59 | permissions.</para> |
| 60 | </glossdef> |
| 61 | </glossentry> |
| 62 | |
| 63 | <glossentry> |
| 64 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Anonymous</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 65 | |
| 66 | <glossdef> |
| 67 | <para>The identity assigned to a user who does not have a valid token for the local cell.</para> |
| 68 | </glossdef> |
| 69 | </glossentry> |
| 70 | |
| 71 | <glossentry> |
| 72 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Argument</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 73 | |
| 74 | <glossdef> |
| 75 | <para>The portion of a command that names an entity to be affected by the command. Arguments consist of two parts: a |
| 76 | <emphasis>switch</emphasis> and one or more <emphasis>instances</emphasis>. Some AFS commands take one or more |
| 77 | arguments.</para> |
| 78 | </glossdef> |
| 79 | </glossentry> |
| 80 | |
| 81 | <glossentry> |
| 82 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Authenticate</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 83 | |
| 84 | <glossdef> |
| 85 | <para>To become recognized as a valid AFS user by getting an AFS token using your kerberos TGT. Authenticate by logging onto a machine |
| 86 | that uses an AFS enabled login utility or by issuing the <emphasis role="bold">aklog</emphasis> command after using <emphasis role="bold">kinit</emphasis> to obtain a kerberos TGT. Only authenticated |
| 87 | users can perform most AFS actions.</para> |
| 88 | </glossdef> |
| 89 | </glossentry> |
| 90 | </glossdiv> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | <glossdiv> |
| 93 | <title>B</title> |
| 94 | |
| 95 | <glossentry> |
| 96 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Byte, kilobyte</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 97 | |
| 98 | <glossdef> |
| 99 | <para>A unit of measure used to measure usage of space in a volume or on a partition. A kilobyte block is equal to 1024 |
| 100 | bytes.</para> |
| 101 | </glossdef> |
| 102 | </glossentry> |
| 103 | </glossdiv> |
| 104 | |
| 105 | <glossdiv> |
| 106 | <title>C</title> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | <glossentry> |
| 109 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Cache Manager</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 110 | |
| 111 | <glossdef> |
| 112 | <para>A set of modifications to the operating system on a client machine which enables users on the machine to access files |
| 113 | stored in AFS. The Cache Manager requests files from the File Server and stores (<emphasis>caches</emphasis>) a copy of each |
| 114 | file on the client machine's local disk. Application programs then use the cached copy, which eliminates repeated network |
| 115 | requests to file server machines.</para> |
| 116 | </glossdef> |
| 117 | </glossentry> |
| 118 | |
| 119 | <glossentry> |
| 120 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Cached File</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 121 | |
| 122 | <glossdef> |
| 123 | <para>A copy of a file that the Cache Manager stores on a workstation's local disk.</para> |
| 124 | </glossdef> |
| 125 | </glossentry> |
| 126 | |
| 127 | <glossentry> |
| 128 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Callback</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 129 | |
| 130 | <glossdef> |
| 131 | <para>A promise from the File Server to contact the Cache Manager if the centrally stored copy of the file changes while the |
| 132 | Cache Manager has a cached copy. If the file is altered, the File Server <emphasis>breaks</emphasis> the callback. The next |
| 133 | time an application program asks for data from the file, the Cache Manager notices the broken callback and retrieves an |
| 134 | updated copy of the file from the File Server. Callbacks ensure the user is working with the most recent copy of a |
| 135 | file.</para> |
| 136 | </glossdef> |
| 137 | </glossentry> |
| 138 | |
| 139 | <glossentry> |
| 140 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Cell</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 141 | |
| 142 | <glossdef> |
| 143 | <para>An independently administered site running AFS, consisting of a collection of file server machines and client machines |
| 144 | defined to belong to the cell. A machine can belong to only one cell at a time.</para> |
| 145 | </glossdef> |
| 146 | </glossentry> |
| 147 | |
| 148 | <glossentry> |
| 149 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Client Machines</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 150 | |
| 151 | <glossdef> |
| 152 | <para>Computers that perform computations for users. Users normally work on a client machine, accessing files stored on a |
| 153 | file server machine.</para> |
| 154 | </glossdef> |
| 155 | </glossentry> |
| 156 | |
| 157 | <glossentry> |
| 158 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Client/Server Computing</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 159 | |
| 160 | <glossdef> |
| 161 | <para>A computing system in which two types of computers (client machines and server machines) perform different specialized |
| 162 | functions.</para> |
| 163 | </glossdef> |
| 164 | </glossentry> |
| 165 | |
| 166 | <glossentry> |
| 167 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Command</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 168 | |
| 169 | <glossdef> |
| 170 | <para>A string of characters indicating an action for an AFS server to perform. For a description of AFS command syntax, see |
| 171 | <link linkend="HDRWQ86">Appendix B, OpenAFS Command Syntax and Online Help</link>.</para> |
| 172 | </glossdef> |
| 173 | </glossentry> |
| 174 | |
| 175 | <glossentry> |
| 176 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Command Suite</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 177 | |
| 178 | <glossdef> |
| 179 | <para>A group of AFS commands with related functions. The command suite name is the first word in many AFS commands.</para> |
| 180 | </glossdef> |
| 181 | </glossentry> |
| 182 | |
| 183 | <glossentry> |
| 184 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Complete Pathname</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 185 | |
| 186 | <glossdef> |
| 187 | <para>A full specification of a file's location in AFS, starting at the root of the filespace (by convention mounted at the |
| 188 | <emphasis role="bold">/afs</emphasis> directory) and specifying all the directories the Cache Manager must pass through to |
| 189 | access the file. The names of the directories are separated by slashes.</para> |
| 190 | </glossdef> |
| 191 | </glossentry> |
| 192 | </glossdiv> |
| 193 | |
| 194 | <glossdiv> |
| 195 | <title>D</title> |
| 196 | |
| 197 | <glossentry> |
| 198 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">d (delete) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 199 | |
| 200 | <glossdef> |
| 201 | <para>The ACL permission that enables the possessor to remove elements from a directory.</para> |
| 202 | </glossdef> |
| 203 | </glossentry> |
| 204 | |
| 205 | <glossentry> |
| 206 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Directory</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 207 | |
| 208 | <glossdef> |
| 209 | <para>A logical structure containing a collection of files and other directories.</para> |
| 210 | </glossdef> |
| 211 | </glossentry> |
| 212 | |
| 213 | <glossentry> |
| 214 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Distributed File System</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 215 | |
| 216 | <glossdef> |
| 217 | <para>A file system that joins the file systems of individual machines. Files are stored on different machines in the |
| 218 | network but are accessible from all machines.</para> |
| 219 | </glossdef> |
| 220 | </glossentry> |
| 221 | </glossdiv> |
| 222 | |
| 223 | <glossdiv> |
| 224 | <title>F</title> |
| 225 | |
| 226 | <glossentry> |
| 227 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">File</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 228 | |
| 229 | <glossdef> |
| 230 | <para>A collection of information stored and retrieved as a unit.</para> |
| 231 | </glossdef> |
| 232 | </glossentry> |
| 233 | |
| 234 | <glossentry> |
| 235 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">File Server Machine</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 236 | |
| 237 | <glossdef> |
| 238 | <para>A type of machine that stores files and transfers them to client machines on request.</para> |
| 239 | </glossdef> |
| 240 | </glossentry> |
| 241 | |
| 242 | <glossentry> |
| 243 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Flag</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 244 | |
| 245 | <glossdef> |
| 246 | <para>Part of a command that determines how the command executes, or the type of output it produces.</para> |
| 247 | </glossdef> |
| 248 | </glossentry> |
| 249 | |
| 250 | <glossentry> |
| 251 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Foreign Cell</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 252 | |
| 253 | <glossdef> |
| 254 | <para>A cell other than the cell to which the client machine belongs. If the client machine is appropriately configured, |
| 255 | users can access the AFS filespace in foreign cells as well as the local cell, and can authenticate in foreign cells in |
| 256 | which they have AFS accounts.</para> |
| 257 | </glossdef> |
| 258 | </glossentry> |
| 259 | </glossdiv> |
| 260 | |
| 261 | <glossdiv> |
| 262 | <title>G</title> |
| 263 | |
| 264 | <glossentry> |
| 265 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 266 | |
| 267 | <glossdef> |
| 268 | <para>A defined list of users, which can be placed on a directory's ACL to extend a set of permissions to all of its members |
| 269 | at once.</para> |
| 270 | </glossdef> |
| 271 | </glossentry> |
| 272 | |
| 273 | <glossentry> |
| 274 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Group-owned Group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 275 | |
| 276 | <glossdef> |
| 277 | <para>A group owned by another group. All members of the owning group can administer the owned group; the members of the |
| 278 | owned group do not have administer permissions themselves.</para> |
| 279 | </glossdef> |
| 280 | </glossentry> |
| 281 | </glossdiv> |
| 282 | |
| 283 | <glossdiv> |
| 284 | <title>H</title> |
| 285 | |
| 286 | <glossentry> |
| 287 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Hierarchical File Structure</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 288 | |
| 289 | <glossdef> |
| 290 | <para>A method of storing data in directories that are organized in a tree structure.</para> |
| 291 | </glossdef> |
| 292 | </glossentry> |
| 293 | |
| 294 | <glossentry> |
| 295 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Home Directory</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 296 | |
| 297 | <glossdef> |
| 298 | <para>A directory owned by a user and dedicated to storage of the user's personal files.</para> |
| 299 | </glossdef> |
| 300 | </glossentry> |
| 301 | </glossdiv> |
| 302 | |
| 303 | <glossdiv> |
| 304 | <title>I</title> |
| 305 | |
| 306 | <glossentry> |
| 307 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">i (insert) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 308 | |
| 309 | <glossdef> |
| 310 | <para>The ACL permission that enables the possessor to add files or subdirectories to a directory.</para> |
| 311 | </glossdef> |
| 312 | </glossentry> |
| 313 | |
| 314 | <glossentry> |
| 315 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Instance</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 316 | |
| 317 | <glossdef> |
| 318 | <para>The part of a command string that defines the entity to affect.</para> |
| 319 | </glossdef> |
| 320 | </glossentry> |
| 321 | </glossdiv> |
| 322 | |
| 323 | <glossdiv> |
| 324 | <title>K</title> |
| 325 | |
| 326 | <glossentry> |
| 327 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">k (lock) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 328 | |
| 329 | <glossdef> |
| 330 | <para>See the k (lock) Permission entry. The ACL permission that enables programs to place advisory locks on a file.</para> |
| 331 | </glossdef> |
| 332 | </glossentry> |
| 333 | |
| 334 | <glossentry> |
| 335 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Kilobyte</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 336 | |
| 337 | <glossdef> |
| 338 | <para>A unit of measure used to measure usage of space in a volume or on a partition. A kilobyte is equal to 1024 bytes. The |
| 339 | term <emphasis>kilobyte block</emphasis> is sometimes used when referring to disk space.</para> |
| 340 | </glossdef> |
| 341 | </glossentry> |
| 342 | </glossdiv> |
| 343 | |
| 344 | <glossdiv> |
| 345 | <title>L</title> |
| 346 | |
| 347 | <glossentry> |
| 348 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">l (lookup) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 349 | |
| 350 | <glossdef> |
| 351 | <para>The ACL permission that enables the possessor to list the contents of a directory and display its ACL.</para> |
| 352 | </glossdef> |
| 353 | </glossentry> |
| 354 | |
| 355 | <glossentry> |
| 356 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Local Cell</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 357 | |
| 358 | <glossdef> |
| 359 | <para>The cell to which the user's account and client machine belong.</para> |
| 360 | </glossdef> |
| 361 | </glossentry> |
| 362 | |
| 363 | <glossentry> |
| 364 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">lock Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 365 | |
| 366 | <glossdef> |
| 367 | <para>See the <emphasis role="bold">k (lock) Permission</emphasis> entry.</para> |
| 368 | </glossdef> |
| 369 | </glossentry> |
| 370 | |
| 371 | <glossentry> |
| 372 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Login</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 373 | |
| 374 | <glossdef> |
| 375 | <para>The process of establishing a connection to a client machine's local file system as a specific user.</para> |
| 376 | </glossdef> |
| 377 | </glossentry> |
| 378 | |
| 379 | <glossentry> |
| 380 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Logout</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 381 | |
| 382 | <glossdef> |
| 383 | <para>The process of ending a connection to the local file system.</para> |
| 384 | </glossdef> |
| 385 | </glossentry> |
| 386 | </glossdiv> |
| 387 | |
| 388 | <glossdiv> |
| 389 | <title>M</title> |
| 390 | |
| 391 | <glossentry> |
| 392 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">m Privacy Flag</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 393 | |
| 394 | <glossdef> |
| 395 | <para>The third privacy flag on a group, which enables the possessor to list the members of a group or the groups to which a |
| 396 | user belongs.</para> |
| 397 | </glossdef> |
| 398 | </glossentry> |
| 399 | |
| 400 | <glossentry> |
| 401 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Mode Bits</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 402 | |
| 403 | <glossdef> |
| 404 | <para>A set of permissions that the UNIX file system associates with a file or directory to control access to it. They |
| 405 | appear in the first field of the output from the <emphasis role="bold">ls -l</emphasis> command.</para> |
| 406 | </glossdef> |
| 407 | </glossentry> |
| 408 | |
| 409 | <glossentry> |
| 410 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Mount Point</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 411 | |
| 412 | <glossdef> |
| 413 | <para>A special type of directory that associates a location in the AFS file space with a volume. It acts like a standard |
| 414 | UNIX directory in that users can change directory to it and list its contents with the UNIX <emphasis |
| 415 | role="bold">cd</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">ls</emphasis> commands.</para> |
| 416 | </glossdef> |
| 417 | </glossentry> |
| 418 | |
| 419 | <glossentry> |
| 420 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Mutual Authentication</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 421 | |
| 422 | <glossdef> |
| 423 | <para>A procedure through which two parties prove their identities to one another. AFS server and client processes normally |
| 424 | mutually authenticate as they establish a connection.</para> |
| 425 | </glossdef> |
| 426 | </glossentry> |
| 427 | </glossdiv> |
| 428 | |
| 429 | <glossdiv> |
| 430 | <title>N</title> |
| 431 | |
| 432 | <glossentry> |
| 433 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">NFS/AFS Translator</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 434 | |
| 435 | <glossdef> |
| 436 | <para>A program that enables users on NFS client machines to access files in the AFS filespace.</para> |
| 437 | </glossdef> |
| 438 | </glossentry> |
| 439 | |
| 440 | <glossentry> |
| 441 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">none ACL Shorthand</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 442 | |
| 443 | <glossdef> |
| 444 | <para>A shorthand notation used with the <emphasis role="bold">fs setacl</emphasis> command to delete an entry from an |
| 445 | ACL.</para> |
| 446 | </glossdef> |
| 447 | </glossentry> |
| 448 | </glossdiv> |
| 449 | |
| 450 | <glossdiv> |
| 451 | <title>O</title> |
| 452 | |
| 453 | <glossentry> |
| 454 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">o Privacy Flag</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 455 | |
| 456 | <glossdef> |
| 457 | <para>The second privacy flag on a group, which enables the possessor to list groups owned by the user or group.</para> |
| 458 | </glossdef> |
| 459 | </glossentry> |
| 460 | |
| 461 | <glossentry> |
| 462 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Operation Code</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 463 | |
| 464 | <glossdef> |
| 465 | <para>The second word in an AFS command that belongs to a suite. It indicates the command's function.</para> |
| 466 | </glossdef> |
| 467 | </glossentry> |
| 468 | |
| 469 | <glossentry> |
| 470 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Owner of a Group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 471 | |
| 472 | <glossdef> |
| 473 | <para>The person or group who can administer a group.</para> |
| 474 | </glossdef> |
| 475 | </glossentry> |
| 476 | </glossdiv> |
| 477 | |
| 478 | <glossdiv> |
| 479 | <title>P</title> |
| 480 | |
| 481 | <glossentry> |
| 482 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Parent Directory</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 483 | |
| 484 | <glossdef> |
| 485 | <para>The directory in which a directory or file resides.</para> |
| 486 | </glossdef> |
| 487 | </glossentry> |
| 488 | |
| 489 | <glossentry> |
| 490 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Partition</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 491 | |
| 492 | <glossdef> |
| 493 | <para>A logical section of a disk in a computer.</para> |
| 494 | </glossdef> |
| 495 | </glossentry> |
| 496 | |
| 497 | <glossentry> |
| 498 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Password</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 499 | |
| 500 | <glossdef> |
| 501 | <para>A unique, user-defined string of characters validating the user's system identity. The user must correctly enter the |
| 502 | password in order to be authenticated.</para> |
| 503 | </glossdef> |
| 504 | </glossentry> |
| 505 | |
| 506 | <glossentry> |
| 507 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 508 | |
| 509 | <glossdef> |
| 510 | <para>A certain type of access granted on an ACL. Anyone who possesses the permission can perform the action.</para> |
| 511 | </glossdef> |
| 512 | </glossentry> |
| 513 | </glossdiv> |
| 514 | |
| 515 | <glossdiv> |
| 516 | <title>Q</title> |
| 517 | |
| 518 | <glossentry> |
| 519 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Quota</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 520 | |
| 521 | <glossdef> |
| 522 | <para>The size limit of a volume, assigned by the system administrator and measured in kilobyte blocks.</para> |
| 523 | </glossdef> |
| 524 | </glossentry> |
| 525 | </glossdiv> |
| 526 | |
| 527 | <glossdiv> |
| 528 | <title>R</title> |
| 529 | |
| 530 | <glossentry> |
| 531 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">r (read) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 532 | |
| 533 | <glossdef> |
| 534 | <para>The ACL permission that enables the possessor to examine the contents of a file.</para> |
| 535 | </glossdef> |
| 536 | </glossentry> |
| 537 | |
| 538 | <glossentry> |
| 539 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">r Privacy Flag</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 540 | |
| 541 | <glossdef> |
| 542 | <para>The fifth privacy flag on a group, which enables the possessor to remove members from it.</para> |
| 543 | </glossdef> |
| 544 | </glossentry> |
| 545 | |
| 546 | <glossentry> |
| 547 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">read ACL Shorthand</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 548 | |
| 549 | <glossdef> |
| 550 | <para>A shorthand notation used with the <emphasis role="bold">fs setacl</emphasis> command to represent the <emphasis |
| 551 | role="bold">r</emphasis> and <emphasis role="bold">l</emphasis> permissions.</para> |
| 552 | </glossdef> |
| 553 | </glossentry> |
| 554 | |
| 555 | <glossentry> |
| 556 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Relative Pathname</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 557 | |
| 558 | <glossdef> |
| 559 | <para>A pathname that does not begin at the root of the AFS or local filespace and so represents a file or directory's |
| 560 | location with respect to the current working directory.</para> |
| 561 | </glossdef> |
| 562 | </glossentry> |
| 563 | |
| 564 | <glossentry> |
| 565 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Remote Commands</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 566 | |
| 567 | <glossdef> |
| 568 | <para>Commands used to run programs on a remote machine without establishing a persistent connection to it.</para> |
| 569 | </glossdef> |
| 570 | </glossentry> |
| 571 | </glossdiv> |
| 572 | |
| 573 | <glossdiv> |
| 574 | <title>S</title> |
| 575 | |
| 576 | <glossentry> |
| 577 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">s Privacy Flag</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 578 | |
| 579 | <glossdef> |
| 580 | <para>The first privacy flag on a group, which enables the possessor to list general information about it.</para> |
| 581 | </glossdef> |
| 582 | </glossentry> |
| 583 | |
| 584 | <glossentry> |
| 585 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Self-owned Group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 586 | |
| 587 | <glossdef> |
| 588 | <para>A group that owns itself, enabling all of its members to administer it.</para> |
| 589 | </glossdef> |
| 590 | </glossentry> |
| 591 | |
| 592 | <glossentry> |
| 593 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Server</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 594 | |
| 595 | <glossdef> |
| 596 | <para>A program or machine that provides a specialized service to its clients, such as storing and transferring files or |
| 597 | performing authentication.</para> |
| 598 | </glossdef> |
| 599 | </glossentry> |
| 600 | |
| 601 | <glossentry> |
| 602 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Subdirectory</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 603 | |
| 604 | <glossdef> |
| 605 | <para>A directory that resides in another directory in the file system hierarchy.</para> |
| 606 | </glossdef> |
| 607 | </glossentry> |
| 608 | |
| 609 | <glossentry> |
| 610 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Switch</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 611 | |
| 612 | <glossdef> |
| 613 | <para>The part of a command string defining the type of an argument. It is preceded by a hyphen.</para> |
| 614 | </glossdef> |
| 615 | </glossentry> |
| 616 | |
| 617 | <glossentry> |
| 618 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Syntax Statement</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 619 | |
| 620 | <glossdef> |
| 621 | <para>A specification of the options available on a command and their ordering.</para> |
| 622 | </glossdef> |
| 623 | </glossentry> |
| 624 | |
| 625 | <glossentry> |
| 626 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">System Administrator</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 627 | |
| 628 | <glossdef> |
| 629 | <para>A user who is authorized to administer an AFS cell.</para> |
| 630 | </glossdef> |
| 631 | </glossentry> |
| 632 | |
| 633 | <glossentry> |
| 634 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">System Groups</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 635 | |
| 636 | <glossdef> |
| 637 | <para>Groups that AFS defines automatically to represent users who share certain characteristics. See the following three |
| 638 | entries.</para> |
| 639 | </glossdef> |
| 640 | </glossentry> |
| 641 | |
| 642 | <glossentry> |
| 643 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">System:administrators group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 644 | |
| 645 | <glossdef> |
| 646 | <para>A system group that includes users authorized to administer AFS.</para> |
| 647 | </glossdef> |
| 648 | </glossentry> |
| 649 | |
| 650 | <glossentry> |
| 651 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">System:anyuser group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 652 | |
| 653 | <glossdef> |
| 654 | <para>A system group that includes everyone who can gain access the cell's AFS filespace. It includes unauthenticated users, |
| 655 | who are assigned the identity <emphasis role="bold">anonymous</emphasis>.</para> |
| 656 | </glossdef> |
| 657 | </glossentry> |
| 658 | |
| 659 | <glossentry> |
| 660 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">System:authuser group</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 661 | |
| 662 | <glossdef> |
| 663 | <para>A system group that includes all users who currently have valid AFS tokens for the local cell.</para> |
| 664 | </glossdef> |
| 665 | </glossentry> |
| 666 | </glossdiv> |
| 667 | |
| 668 | <glossdiv> |
| 669 | <title>T</title> |
| 670 | |
| 671 | <glossentry> |
| 672 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Token</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 673 | |
| 674 | <glossdef> |
| 675 | <para>A collection of data that the AFS server processes accept as evidence that the possessor has successfully proved his |
| 676 | or her identity to the cell's AFS authentication service. AFS assigns the identity <emphasis |
| 677 | role="bold">anonymous</emphasis> to users who do not have a token.</para> |
| 678 | </glossdef> |
| 679 | </glossentry> |
| 680 | </glossdiv> |
| 681 | |
| 682 | <glossdiv> |
| 683 | <title>U</title> |
| 684 | |
| 685 | <glossentry> |
| 686 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">UNIX Mode Bits</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 687 | |
| 688 | <glossdef> |
| 689 | <para>See the <emphasis role="bold">Mode Bits</emphasis> entry.</para> |
| 690 | </glossdef> |
| 691 | </glossentry> |
| 692 | |
| 693 | <glossentry> |
| 694 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Username</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 695 | |
| 696 | <glossdef> |
| 697 | <para>A character string entered at login that uniquely identifies a person in the local cell.</para> |
| 698 | </glossdef> |
| 699 | </glossentry> |
| 700 | </glossdiv> |
| 701 | |
| 702 | <glossdiv> |
| 703 | <title>V</title> |
| 704 | |
| 705 | <glossentry> |
| 706 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">Volume</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 707 | |
| 708 | <glossdef> |
| 709 | <para>A structure that AFS uses to group a set of files and directories into a single unit for administrative purposes. The |
| 710 | contents of a volume reside on a single disk partition and must be mounted in the AFS filespace to be accessible.</para> |
| 711 | </glossdef> |
| 712 | </glossentry> |
| 713 | </glossdiv> |
| 714 | |
| 715 | <glossdiv> |
| 716 | <title>W</title> |
| 717 | |
| 718 | <glossentry> |
| 719 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">w (write) Permission</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 720 | |
| 721 | <glossdef> |
| 722 | <para>The ACL permission that enables the possessor to modify the contents of a file.</para> |
| 723 | </glossdef> |
| 724 | </glossentry> |
| 725 | |
| 726 | <glossentry> |
| 727 | <glossterm><emphasis role="bold">write ACL Shorthand</emphasis></glossterm> |
| 728 | |
| 729 | <glossdef> |
| 730 | <para>A shorthand notation used with the <emphasis role="bold">fs setacl</emphasis> command to represent all permissions |
| 731 | except the <emphasis role="bold">a</emphasis> permission.</para> |
| 732 | </glossdef> |
| 733 | </glossentry> |
| 734 | </glossdiv> |
| 735 | </glossary> |