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Part of the infrastructure provided by Computing Services at Dartmouth
is a central file storage system using AFS. AFS is a file and authentication
server designed to make the same files accessible to many client computers
using secure authentication and with flexible access control. Client software
is available for Linux and almost all flavors of UNIX, Mac OS X, and
Microsoft Windows. The service is provided primarily for researchers, but all
members of the Dartmouth community may obtain server space.
For many users, the differences between local files and those stored in AFS
are not important. However, there are some differences in behavior and features
not found in traditional UNIX file systems. This class is intended to explain
the important differences from a user's perspective, and allow you to use the
systems more effectively, safely, and efficiently. Topics include local file
caching, AFS token lifetimes, quotas, access control, and backups.
The user interface tools for UNIX and Mac OS X are command-line
driven. Windows has a graphical interface with several
differences. We will give examples using both UNIX and Windows tools, and
will demonstrate installing the client software under Windows and Mac OS X.
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