## 4 Getting more information The Administration Section of the [[AFSFrequentlyAskedQuestions]]. - [[PreambleFAQ]] - [[GeneralFAQ]] - [[UsageFAQ]] - [[AdminFAQ]]
- [[AboutTheFAQ]] - [[FurtherReading]] ### 4.01 Is there an anonymous FTP site with AFS information? Yes, it is: ftp.transarc.com A brief summary of contents:
Path Contents
pub/afsug/README AFS user group
pub/afsug/newsletter/ AFS user group newsletters
pub/afs-contrib/ Contributed by other groups
pub/afs-contrib/bin/README other client ports (US-only)
pub/afs-contrib/bin.export/ other client ports
pub/afs-contrib/tools/MANIFEST miscellaneous tools
pub/afs-contrib/src/README submissions from source licensees
pub/afs-contrib/doc/MANIFEST documentation
pub/afs-contrib/pointers/MANIFEST infomation in other places
pub/afsps/README AFS product support
pub/afsps/doc/ release notes, SUPPORTED_SYSTEMS.afs.*
pub/afsps/doc/progint/ AFS programming interface docs
These directories are also accessible via AFS. For example: (NB "pub" => "public/anon-ftp/pub" when using AFS to access these.) ### 4.02 Which USENET newsgroups discuss AFS? alt.filesystems.afs and occasionally in comp.unix.admin. ### 4.03 Where can I get training in AFS? Transarc provide user and administrator courses. These can be provided at the customer site or at Transarc's offices. Transarc's education coordinator may be contacted by:
telephone
+1 412 338 4363 email: education@transarc.com
### 4.04 Where can I find AFS resources in World Wide Web (WWW)? Here are some I have found (please let me know if you find more): a) A collection of AFS information maintained by Derrick Brashear at CMU: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr/shadow/www/afs.html (Also accessible in: /afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr/shadow/www) b) AFS Beginners Guide (ALW/NIH): http://www.alw.nih.gov/Docs/AFS/AFS_toc.html c) NCSA AFS User Guide: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Pubs/UserGuides/AFSGuide/AFSv2.1Book.html d) Transarc AFS Product Information: http://www.transarc.com/dfs/public/www/htdocs/.hosts/external/Product/EFS/AFS/afsoverview.html e) CERN AFS User's Guide: http://wsspinfo.cern.ch/file/doc/afsug.html f) MIT SIPB's Inessential AFS http://web.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/project/doc/afs/html/afs-new.html g) Stanford University hypermail archive of info-afs@transarc.com http://www-archive.stanford.edu/lists/info-afs.html h) Linux AFS FAQ: http://www.umlug.umd.edu/linuxafs/ ### 4.05 Is there a mailing list for AFS topics? Yes, it is . An automated program called Majordomo is now handling the info-afs list. To join the mailing list, send a message to: In the body (not the Subject line) of the message, type: subscribe info-afs For example: $ mail -s "subscribe to info-afs" <<% subscribe info-afs % To unsubscribe: $ mail -s "unsubscribe from info-afs" <<% unsubscribe info-afs ### 4.06 Where can I find an archive of ? There is a hypermail archive at: ### 4.07 Where can I find an archive of alt.filesystems.afs? Both the and alt.filesystems.afs archives are incomplete. If you have material to contribute, please let me know. ### 4.08 Where can I find AFS related GIFs? ### 4.09 Gibt es eine deutsche AFS Benutzer Gruppe? Ja, wenn Sie mitmachen wollen, schicken Sie bitte eine E-Mail an: Ueber diese Adresse werden "subscribe" und "unsubscribe" Requests bearbeitet. ### 4.10 Donde puedo encontrar informacion en Espanol sobre AFS? Hay algunas notas en Espanol sobre AFS en: