openafs/doc/txt/winnotes/afs-issues.txt
Jeffrey Altman e6c04df407 Windows: changelog prior to branching openafs-devel-1_7_x
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Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@openafs.org>
Tested-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@openafs.org>
2011-09-15 12:18:16 -07:00

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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