From b10a0af8b3a88c4170403679b9c179258a225abe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Altman Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:04:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Windows: document command prompt lnk limitation Command Prompt shortcuts cannot be used when stored in AFS. Change-Id: I5e26d92bbcaac8708eb8deb8d06164ef65308230 Reviewed-on: http://gerrit.openafs.org/7955 Tested-by: BuildBot Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman Tested-by: Jeffrey Altman --- doc/xml/ReleaseNotesWindows/relnotes.xml | 35 +++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/xml/ReleaseNotesWindows/relnotes.xml b/doc/xml/ReleaseNotesWindows/relnotes.xml index b62c8e68c..294b9fe21 100644 --- a/doc/xml/ReleaseNotesWindows/relnotes.xml +++ b/doc/xml/ReleaseNotesWindows/relnotes.xml @@ -1786,16 +1786,31 @@ The following is a list of known issues when using the IFS redirector driver: - It is not possible to execute an application out of AFS under - the following conditions: - - The path is a drive letter mapping - The application requires elevated privileges - - Workaround: use SUBST instead of NET USE to assign drive - letters to UNC paths. - - + Command Prompt .LNK files do not behave properly when stored within AFS + + Custom properties will be ignored. + + + It is not possible to make changes to the LNK properties. + + These issues are the result of the Console + Window Host process (conhost.exe) running outside the logon session's + authentication group. While conhost.exe impersonates the Windows user, it does not + impersonate a logon session process. As a result, it has no tokens and cannot access + the LNK file. + + + It is not possible to execute an application out of AFS under the following + conditions: + + The path is a drive letter mapping + + + The application requires elevated privileges + + Workaround: use SUBST instead of NET USE to assign drive letters to + UNC paths. + The Windows File System Volume Query Quota Interface is not implemented. As a result, AFS quota information is not available to application processes or end users via Windows dialogs. -- 2.39.5