From: Scott Mcdermott <smcdermott@questra.com>
To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: (autofs) Re: Direct mounts on Linux
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:03:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030121040318.GI10369@questra.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <p5wukzyx8m.fsf@lemming.engeast.baynetworks.com>
Paul Smith on Mon 20/01 22:53 -0500:
> Well, if you mount directly in / it can be a big problem, since
> commands like pwd etc. often use an algorithm that can hang if one of
> your direct mounts in / is unavailable.
mostly nowadays, `pwd' is a shell builtin that doesn't use the algorithm
you refer to, if I understand right (like /bin/pwd has to use, eg keep
going ..) instead keeping track internally.
but your point is a good one :)
(if only umount -f worked hehe see recent list archives)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-01-21 4:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-01-20 18:02 Direct mounts on Linux Paul Smith
2003-01-20 21:41 ` Scott Mcdermott
2003-01-21 2:48 ` Paul Smith
2003-01-21 3:08 ` (autofs) " Scott Mcdermott
2003-01-21 3:53 ` Paul Smith
2003-01-21 4:03 ` Scott Mcdermott [this message]
2003-01-21 6:05 ` Paul Smith
2003-01-21 6:48 ` Scott Mcdermott
2003-01-21 7:05 ` Paul Smith
2003-01-21 7:23 ` [OT] " Scott Mcdermott
2003-01-21 7:59 ` Paul Smith
2003-01-21 22:59 ` Ion Badulescu
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