# Latest

**URL:** https://forum.auristor.com/latest.md

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## [Welcome to AuriStor Community Forum! 👋](https://forum.auristor.com/t/welcome-to-auristor-community-forum/5)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.auristor.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/welcome-to-auristor-community-forum/5 "2024-07-16T14:12:24Z")

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We are so glad you joined us. AuriStor Community Forum A place for administrators and end users to discuss the use, development and history of AFS family file systems such as AuriStorFS and OpenAFS. Here are some thi…

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## [Does the character limit of 22 for volumes still exist?](https://forum.auristor.com/t/does-the-character-limit-of-22-for-volumes-still-exist/51)

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**Author:** [@jaltman](https://forum.auristor.com/u/jaltman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/does-the-character-limit-of-22-for-volumes-still-exist/51 "2025-06-13T16:06:15Z")

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The effective limit of the base name for a volume group is still 22 until AuriStor can finish writing the code necessary to permit Cell Administrators to configure and advertise a larger limit. The name must leave room…

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## [Are there any limits on the number of characters when creating users/groups?](https://forum.auristor.com/t/are-there-any-limits-on-the-number-of-characters-when-creating-users-groups/52)

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**Author:** [@jaltman](https://forum.auristor.com/u/jaltman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/are-there-any-limits-on-the-number-of-characters-when-creating-users-groups/52 "2025-06-13T16:08:39Z")

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The AuriStorFS Protection Service as of v2021.05-30 has the following naming limits: user name and group names cannot be longer than 63 characters user names cannot include either ':' (colon) or '\\n' (newline) all n…

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## [Debian and Ubuntu client configuration](https://forum.auristor.com/t/debian-and-ubuntu-client-configuration/46)

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**Author:** [@sysadmin](https://forum.auristor.com/u/sysadmin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/debian-and-ubuntu-client-configuration/46 "2024-08-06T15:48:58Z")

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Debian and Ubuntu client configurationAlong with our support for RPM-based Linux distributions, AuriStor supports platforms which use deb packages. Configuration is slightly more manual than the RPM repo situation, but …

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## [Test Topic AuriStor File System](https://forum.auristor.com/t/test-topic-auristor-file-system/41)

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**Author:** [@corsi617](https://forum.auristor.com/u/corsi617)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.auristor.com/t/test-topic-auristor-file-system/41 "2024-07-20T22:38:08Z")

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Position test for category order. Does this work?