+/*
+ * We generally pass this from afp_over_dsi to all afp_* funcs, so it should already be
+ * available everywhere. Unfortunately some funcs (eg acltoownermode) need acces to it
+ * but are deeply nested in the function chain with the caller already without acces to it.
+ * Changing this would require adding a reference to the caller which itself might be
+ * called in many places (eg acltoownermode is called from accessmode).
+ * The only sane way out is providing a copy of it here:
+ */
+AFPObj *AFPobj = NULL;
+