[8647] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: automating 'vos release'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Esther Filderman)
Tue Apr 17 16:09:24 2001
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To: info-afs@transarc.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:20:59 +0200."
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Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:57:30 -0400
From: Esther Filderman <ecf@psc.edu>
Harald sez:
> >We give our web folks a tool that lets them release specific volumes. It
> >requires that you have a machine somewhere with access to a Kerberos
> >identity that's in UserList, (...)
>
> Add ACLs for volume operations (on a per volume basis where it makes
> sense) to the "wanted" list. The UserList should be killed and replaced
> with something better.
In the dinosaur days of AFS 3.0, before Transarc even existed, I requested a
means to a) have volume operations be done on a more case-by-case basis and b)
have volume operations permissions be seperate from server administration
permissions.
... for the lot of good that request did....
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ecf@psc.edu Esther Filderman moose+@cmu.edu
Senior System Mangler & AFS Dominatrix
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
