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From: Moshe Kaminsky <kaminsky@math.huji.ac.il>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs 5.0.0 beta1
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 20:33:52 +0300
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* Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> [03/05/06 20:45]:
> On Wed, 3 May 2006, Moshe Kaminsky wrote:
>=20
> > * Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> [03/05/06 18:00]:
> > > On Wed, 3 May 2006, Moshe Kaminsky wrote:
> > > > Another question I have: I once asked if it's possible to run the=
=20
> > > > actual mount command as the user trying to read the directory,=20
> > > > instead of root. I was told that this is impossible in version 4.=
=20
> > > > Will it be possible now?
> > >=20
> > > Do you have a mount that will work for a user?
> > >=20
> > > You can use the $USER substitution variable now to mount with a=20
> > > "user=3D${USER}" option or $UID and $GID with "uid=3D${UID}" and "gid=
=3D${GID}"=20
> > > in your map. Will that help?
> > >=20
> >=20
> > I don't think so. What I have in mind is that a user will be able to=20
> > automount his home directory on a remote machine using sshfs. For this,=
=20
> > that user has to actually run the mount command, so that his ~/.ssh is=
=20
> > used.
>=20
> The problem here is that mount(8) will only allow the "user" option if=20
> an entry is present in the fstab which defeats the purpose of using=20
> autofs.

Funny. It appears that you're right. I'm sure it used to work, though=20
(maybe something changed in the kernel?)

Thanks,
Moshe

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