[8743] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
RE: adding afs users without new volumes, mountpoints
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neulinger, Nathan)
Thu Jun 14 17:31:01 2001
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From: "Neulinger, Nathan" <nneul@umr.edu>
To: "'Joel_Tompkins@bc.com'" <Joel_Tompkins@bc.com>, info-afs@transarc.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:24:12 -0500
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Just issue the kas create, and pts createuser commands by hand. AFS has no
knowledge of any "default mount point" - the only thing that determines that
is the unix passwd file.
-- Nathan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel_Tompkins@bc.com [mailto:Joel_Tompkins@bc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:05 PM
> To: info-afs@transarc.com
> Subject: adding afs users without new volumes, mountpoints
>
>
> Please excuse a real "newbie" question, but I want to setup
> users who are
> web developers, and I want their default mount-points to be
> volumes already
> created on the system. However, the book says I have to have
> a V line in my
> uss template, which wants to create a new volume and mount
> point for every
> new user. Even the page about issuing individual commands
> uses vos create
> and fs mkmount commands (besides being very uninformative as
> to syntax,
> etc.). All I really want to do is point them to their
> development area when
> they log in. Is there a way to do this, or will afs just
> assign it to the
> user if it is already created without generating an error?
> Also, is there an
> archive for the list so I don't rehash ground already
> covered? Thanks!!!
>
> Joel Tompkins
> Senior Information Systems Engineer
> Boise Cascade Corporation
> 208-384-6415
> joel_tompkins@bc.com
>
> Brilliance is like four wheel drive, it allows a person to
> get stuck in even
> more remote places. - Garrison Keillor
>
