AFS Beginners Guide

Edition 1.0, February 1994

• Basics of AFS
  • Cells and filenames
  • Using the system type in a path
  • Volumes
  • Tokens
  • Checking if the AFS file servers are up
  • File protections
  • The fs command
• More on Volumes
  • Volume quotas
  • Mount points
  • Volume location
• Authentication
  • Getting a token
  • Getting rid of a token
  • Changing your AFS password
• Access control lists
  • Examining the ACL for a directory
  • How to decode an ACL
    • Directory access rights
    • File access rights
  • Changing the ACL of a directory
  • Unix bits in AFS
  • Protection groups
• Where to find AFS commands

Back up to ALW Home Page