From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: abo Subject: Re: Help with automounting from a LDAP server Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:23:56 +0100 Message-ID: <20050111102356.0709bcef@localhost> References: <87llb1oi7g.fsf@tango.dre.vanderbilt.edu> <87pt0czb00.fsf@tango.dre.vanderbilt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Errors-To: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: autofs@linux.kernel.org 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 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 > > _______________________________________________ > autofs mailing list > autofs@linux.kernel.org > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs