Index: trunk/Nebulous-Server/bin/neb-admin
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--- trunk/Nebulous-Server/bin/neb-admin	(revision 23560)
+++ trunk/Nebulous-Server/bin/neb-admin	(revision 23932)
@@ -174,4 +174,8 @@
         # if the copies xattr is unset and the object has 2 or more instances, we
         # will assume a target of 2 copies
+	
+	# XXX change this: there should be no default value or we will
+	# have a race condition.  user.copies should never get set by
+	# any client until AFTER a file is no longer in use.
         my $copies = $obj->{copies} || 2;