openafs/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-issues.txt

This file is a rough list of known issues with the 1.7.01 release of OpenAFS 
on Windows.  This list is not complete.  There are probably other issues which 
can be found in the RT database or on the mailing list.

For all of these issues please review 

  http://www.openafs.org/roadmap.html
  http://www.secure-endpoints.com/openafs-windows-roadmap.html


(1) File/Directory access is not integrated with windows security 

(12) AFS Integrated Logon:
(12c) If network is not available must store the username and password 
      somewhere until such time as the network starts.

(17) Named Pipes Support
     [requires modifications to AFS servers to support distributed
      named pipes but local machine named pipes could be implemented
      now that AFS has its own redirector file system driver.]

(21) There is no Management Console to use for client configuration.

(24) Compatibility with User Account Control (UAC)

(25) No support for the Volume Query Quota Interface

(26) No support for the Volume Shadow Copy Service

(27) No support for storing DOS attributes

(28) No support for Alternate Data Streams

(29) No support for Extended Attributes

(30) No support for Access Based Enumeration

(31) No support for Distributed Link Tracking and Object IDs

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List of unfunded projects:

   4. Add support for Named Pipes within the afs filesystem
      (This is not currently a supported feature of AFS; it will require 
      changes to the servers as well as the clients.)
   6. Re-write afs_config.exe to be only "per user" functionality which does not require admin 
      privileges
         1. default cell and principal for the user
         2. drive mappings but no submounts
         3. visibility of afs creds and setting of afs creds startup options
   7. Create new afs_admin.exe tool to be installed in the administrator folder (or use MMS) 
      which contains
         1. afs client service cell name
         2. integrated logon configuration
         3. Gateway configuration
         4. start/stop service
         5. global drive mapping
         6. submount management
         7. file/volume server preferences
         8. afs cells
         9. cache configuration
        10. diagnostics
        11. network configuration
        12. miscellaneous
        13. need to add support for all of the new registry values since 1.2.8
  10. Add support for configurable Icon file representing AFS folders within the Explorer Shell
  11. Documentation Documentation Documentation
  14. Add support for server side byte range locking.
  21. Add support for storing Extended Attributes on files
  22. Add support for storing Windows ACLs on files
  25. Implement RX Statistics gathering interfaces and reporting tools
      (necessary to obtain profiling data)
  26. Implement RX Connection Pools in the Cache Manager allowing more than
      four simultaneous requests to a single server to be processed at a time 
      for a single user
  27. Support the Vista User Account Control (UAC) interface