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From: abo <abo@brujulatelecom.com>
To: autofs@linux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Help with automounting from a LDAP server
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:23:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050111102356.0709bcef@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0501111631590.7845@wombat.indigo.net.au>

sorry about this newbie question, but can you explain what exactly
direct mounts/maps is?

thx


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:39:40 +0800 (WST)
Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Krishnakumar B wrote:
> 
> > > Can't do that at present.  Direct mounts are not fully
implemented.
> > 
> > My manpage for autofs(5) claims the following:
> > 
> > UNSUPPORTED
> >        This version of the automounter supports direct maps for
FILE, NIS
> >        and LDAP maps only and handles SunOS-style replicated
filesystems
> >        only to the extent that mount(8) does.
> 
> Perhaps I need to change this to be more accurate.
> 
> > 
> > So is my manpage wrong, or does "direct maps" mean something other
than
> > "direct mounts"?  Or are you referring to the following limitation
(from
> > README.direct v1.3).
> > 
> > NOTE: Due to current design limitations, direct maps will take over
an
> > entire directory hierarchy.  What this means is, if your direct map
key is
> > /usr/share/bilbo, then /usr will become an automount mount point,
mounting
> > over the existing /usr.
> 
> I'm refering to the design limitation mentioned in this note.
> 
> This will continue to be the case in 4.1.4 (in fact 4.1.x).
> 
> I plan on creating a 4.2.0 development branch at some point fairly
soon. 
> This will be the top priority for that development.
> 
> Ian
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-11  9:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-01-10  7:29 Help with automounting from a LDAP server Krishnakumar B
2005-01-10  8:47 ` Ian Kent
2005-01-11  7:21   ` Krishnakumar B
2005-01-11  8:39     ` Ian Kent
2005-01-11  9:23       ` abo [this message]
2005-01-12 15:34         ` raven
2005-01-10  9:30 ` Timo Felbinger
2005-01-11  2:27 ` Jim Carter

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