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1 This file is a rough list of known issues with the 1.7.01 release of OpenAFS
2 on Windows. This list is not complete. There are probably other issues which
3 can be found in the RT database or on the mailing list.
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5 For all of these issues please review
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7 http://www.openafs.org/roadmap.html
8 http://www.secure-endpoints.com/openafs-windows-roadmap.html
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11 (1) File/Directory access is not integrated with windows security
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13 (12) AFS Integrated Logon:
14 (12c) If network is not available must store the username and password
15 somewhere until such time as the network starts.
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17 (17) Named Pipes Support
18 [requires modifications to AFS servers to support distributed
19 named pipes but local machine named pipes could be implemented
20 now that AFS has its own redirector file system driver.]
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22 (21) There is no Management Console to use for client configuration.
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24 (24) Compatibility with User Account Control (UAC)
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26 (25) No support for the Volume Query Quota Interface
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28 (26) No support for the Volume Shadow Copy Service
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30 (27) No support for storing DOS attributes
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32 (28) No support for Alternate Data Streams
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34 (29) No support for Extended Attributes
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36 (30) No support for Access Based Enumeration
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38 (31) No support for Distributed Link Tracking and Object IDs
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41 List of unfunded projects:
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43 4. Add support for Named Pipes within the afs filesystem
44 (This is not currently a supported feature of AFS; it will require
45 changes to the servers as well as the clients.)
46 6. Re-write afs_config.exe to be only "per user" functionality which does not require admin
47 privileges
48 1. default cell and principal for the user
49 2. drive mappings but no submounts
50 3. visibility of afs creds and setting of afs creds startup options
51 7. Create new afs_admin.exe tool to be installed in the administrator folder (or use MMS)
52 which contains
53 1. afs client service cell name
54 2. integrated logon configuration
55 3. Gateway configuration
56 4. start/stop service
57 5. global drive mapping
58 6. submount management
59 7. file/volume server preferences
60 8. afs cells
61 9. cache configuration
62 10. diagnostics
63 11. network configuration
64 12. miscellaneous
65 13. need to add support for all of the new registry values since 1.2.8
66 10. Add support for configurable Icon file representing AFS folders within the Explorer Shell
67 11. Documentation Documentation Documentation
68 14. Add support for server side byte range locking.
69 21. Add support for storing Extended Attributes on files
70 22. Add support for storing Windows ACLs on files
71 25. Implement RX Statistics gathering interfaces and reporting tools
72 (necessary to obtain profiling data)
73 26. Implement RX Connection Pools in the Cache Manager allowing more than
74 four simultaneous requests to a single server to be processed at a time
75 for a single user
76 27. Support the Vista User Account Control (UAC) interface
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