Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] current netatalk plans
From: bsmith@h-e.com
Date: Fri Mar 20 1998 - 19:49:15 EST
>> (An aside for the programmers: I see in the code that FNUMs for files
>> are derived from Unix inode numbers, so they are more or less fixed;
>> why can't DIDs for folders be derived from the inode numbers of
>> directories? Wouldn't that solve the problem, or at least be a
>> temporary fix until it can be done "right"?)
>
>The Mac implementation allows us to return FNUMs that are unique only
>in the given directory, i.e. the inode number. Since the inode number
>of the root of any given mounted directory is 2, it's not practical to
>use inode numbers for DIDs -- in /, say, /usr and /var could both be
>DID 2.
Wes-
Do you think this will work if afpd volumes are set up so they never cross Unix
filesystems? That would guarantee the directory inode numbers are unique within
a volume. I don't have a problem with restricting volumes this way, I already
have dedicated filesystems for the afpd volumes. Obviously this would be a
site-specific "hack" and not a general solution, but it seems like it should
work for me.
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Bob Smith
Hammett & Edison, Inc.
bsmith@h-e.com
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