[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS

In article <mSCTN6EHSTOJFwbz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <5008ee3b88Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Torrens (lists)" 
> <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >OK: the (zip) was bracketed. Can't create a Sparc encryped file either.
> >I created new/arc, CTRL drag to SparkFS. Window opens. DES. Password.
> >Return. Nothing happens! Drag in a file, it is not encrypted.

> No it does work, however the way it works has been a constant source of 
> confusion. You set a password for an archive file, anything that is then 
> added is encrypted and anything extracted is decrypted. You only see 
> something if you turn off the password and attempt to extract something 
> which had previously been added with a password set - at that point 
> SparkFS will complain about corruption.

OK. That "delete the password" bit is what's missing from the manual. I'd
tried Forget etc with no luck.

> >It would be _very_ nice if archives opened via share worked properly,
> >but I think that's a filer thing, not anything you can do about it in
> >SparkFS?

> I'm not sure about what the specific problem is. 

I think it's do do with a remote archive is open locally and remotely.
Certainly you can't fix it by locally closing the archive.

> It is not a filer problem because everything is going on a file system
> level. Some network file systems did have problems with archives
> (actually image files), perhaps others work. You might get around the
> problem by turning off image file system support in SparkFS. 

Locally, remotely or both? Main problem I have is remembering I'm opening
an archive which is remote - Share is so transparent!

> But anyway the problem is out of my domain.

Hmmm.. Sure you still have some influence with ROL... But I suspect
physical threats would do more! Maybe ROOL will cure it one day.

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