Re: autofsv5 enhancement - map names in /proc/mounts

[Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>]

On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 10:00 +0000, Gordon Lack wrote:
> Ian Kent wrote:
> > 
> > I'd like to find a simple way to accommodate this while retaining the
> > multiple map functionality.
> 
>     Fine by me.  Bear in mind that the map-name (the bit I'm suggesting 
> should be added to /proc/mounts) will be different.  eg: from your 
> original example:
> 
>   /home	/etc/auto.server1.home
>   /home	/etc/auto.server2.home
> 
> So we'd end up with 2 lines in /proc/mounts:
> 
>   /etc/auto.server1.home /home autofs ....
>   /etc/auto.server2.home /home autofs ....

We would need to do something different as there will only ever be one
mount and so only one line in /proc/mounts.

Perhaps something like:

/etc/auto.server1.home,/etc/auto.server2.home	/home	autofs ....

and that could be further simplified by using nsswitch with "files" as a
source (you know they will be in /etc if not otherwise specified):

auto.server1.home,auto.server2.home	/home	autofs ....

> 
> (I think...although whether the patch I sent is sufficient to achieve 
> that I don't know)
> 

Well no, but it's fairly straight forward.

Ian