AFS Structure

The Rose-Hulman AFS cell layout is summarized below. This layout does not include all of the cell but does include the most accessed sections.

AFS Layout

\\afs\rose-hulman.edu\

  • class\ - Acedemic departments
  • groups\ - Non acedemic departments
    • StudentGroups\ - Student organizations
  • users\ - User home directories
    • faculty\ - Faculty home directories
    • graduate\ - Graduate student home directories
    • groups\ - Student organizations
    • special\ - Special users home directories
    • stuXXXX\ - Student home directories (where XXXX is the entry year,ex: stu2004)

AFS Home Directory Layout

  • ~\Private This folder has AFS permissions set so that only you can access it.
  • ~\Public This folder has AFS permissions set so that any authenticated user can access it.
  • ~\Public\HTML This folder is where website files go for your personal website. It maps to the location http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~username.
  • ~\OldFiles This folder contains a nightly backup of your home directory