[ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Ian Kent]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 11 Nov 2003 20:51:57 +0800
From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
To: autofs@linux.kernel.org
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3


Status
------

I'm hoping that this will be the last beta of 4.1.0.

I expect to release 4.1.0 final and corresponding kernel module kit
within
a week or so.

The only bug reports I have had relate to multi-mount problems and this
beta includes updates for them as far as they can be fixed at this
stage. This leaves one outstanding problem with multi-mount maps. The
senario is that the daemon cannot remount a manualy umounted multi-mount
entry until after the following expire event. This is due kernel module
and daemon not knowing the umount has occured and consequently not
cleaning up afterward. This causes the kernel module to return a longer
path than it should which cannot be matched in the map. I hope to be
able
to fix this a some time in the future. In the mean time it is necessary
to
let the daemon do its thing and all should be OK.

A reported problem with the documentation regarding the mailing list
subscription instructions is also not yet corrected. Sorry, I'll get it
done by the time of the final release.

Packages
--------

As usual the packages can be found at:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4

They are:

autofs-4.1.0-beta3.tar.[bz2|gz]
autofs4-2.4-module-20031109.tar.[bz2|gz]

Additionally there is an autofs-4.1.0-beta3.src.rpm. This has been
included because the rpmbuild -tb command will not work properly on
the tar with this release. Please don't try as the spec file in the tar
is
out of date. Use the src rpm instead.

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Greg Bradner]

I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access' 
permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission denied 
on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  Shouldn't it 
just skip over the permission denied one and still mount the others?


Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[2454]: attempting to mount entry 
/nfs/hosts3/rosie
Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[18879]: >> mount: rosie:/vol/vol0/reserve 
failed, reason given
by server: Permission denied
Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[18879]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure 
rosie:/vol/vol0/reserve
on /nfs/hosts3/rosie/vol/vol0/reserve
Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[2454]: attempting to mount entry 
/nfs/hosts3/rosie
Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[18883]: >> mount: rosie:/vol/vol0/reserve 
failed, reason given
by server: Permission denied


Ian Kent wrote:

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: 11 Nov 2003 20:51:57 +0800
>From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
>To: autofs@linux.kernel.org
>Subject: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3
>
>
>Status
>------
>
>I'm hoping that this will be the last beta of 4.1.0.
>
>I expect to release 4.1.0 final and corresponding kernel module kit
>within
>a week or so.
>
>The only bug reports I have had relate to multi-mount problems and this
>beta includes updates for them as far as they can be fixed at this
>stage. This leaves one outstanding problem with multi-mount maps. The
>senario is that the daemon cannot remount a manualy umounted multi-mount
>entry until after the following expire event. This is due kernel module
>and daemon not knowing the umount has occured and consequently not
>cleaning up afterward. This causes the kernel module to return a longer
>path than it should which cannot be matched in the map. I hope to be
>able
>to fix this a some time in the future. In the mean time it is necessary
>to
>let the daemon do its thing and all should be OK.
>
>A reported problem with the documentation regarding the mailing list
>subscription instructions is also not yet corrected. Sorry, I'll get it
>done by the time of the final release.
>
>Packages
>--------
>
>As usual the packages can be found at:
>
>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4
>
>They are:
>
>autofs-4.1.0-beta3.tar.[bz2|gz]
>autofs4-2.4-module-20031109.tar.[bz2|gz]
>
>Additionally there is an autofs-4.1.0-beta3.src.rpm. This has been
>included because the rpmbuild -tb command will not work properly on
>the tar with this release. Please don't try as the spec file in the tar
>is
>out of date. Use the src rpm instead.
>
>  
>

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Greg Bradner]

I should also add this is for 'program' mounts.

Greg Bradner wrote:

> I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access' 
> permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission 
> denied on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  
> Shouldn't it just skip over the permission denied one and still mount 
> the others?
>
>
> Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[2454]: attempting to mount entry 
> /nfs/hosts3/rosie
> Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[18879]: >> mount: 
> rosie:/vol/vol0/reserve failed, reason given
> by server: Permission denied
> Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[18879]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount failure 
> rosie:/vol/vol0/reserve
> on /nfs/hosts3/rosie/vol/vol0/reserve
> Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[2454]: attempting to mount entry 
> /nfs/hosts3/rosie
> Nov 11 15:13:32 lid2 automount[18883]: >> mount: 
> rosie:/vol/vol0/reserve failed, reason given
> by server: Permission denied
>
>
> Ian Kent wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: 11 Nov 2003 20:51:57 +0800
>> From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
>> To: autofs@linux.kernel.org
>> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3
>>
>>
>> Status
>> ------
>>
>> I'm hoping that this will be the last beta of 4.1.0.
>>
>> I expect to release 4.1.0 final and corresponding kernel module kit
>> within
>> a week or so.
>>
>> The only bug reports I have had relate to multi-mount problems and this
>> beta includes updates for them as far as they can be fixed at this
>> stage. This leaves one outstanding problem with multi-mount maps. The
>> senario is that the daemon cannot remount a manualy umounted multi-mount
>> entry until after the following expire event. This is due kernel module
>> and daemon not knowing the umount has occured and consequently not
>> cleaning up afterward. This causes the kernel module to return a longer
>> path than it should which cannot be matched in the map. I hope to be
>> able
>> to fix this a some time in the future. In the mean time it is necessary
>> to
>> let the daemon do its thing and all should be OK.
>>
>> A reported problem with the documentation regarding the mailing list
>> subscription instructions is also not yet corrected. Sorry, I'll get it
>> done by the time of the final release.
>>
>> Packages
>> --------
>>
>> As usual the packages can be found at:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4
>>
>> They are:
>>
>> autofs-4.1.0-beta3.tar.[bz2|gz]
>> autofs4-2.4-module-20031109.tar.[bz2|gz]
>>
>> Additionally there is an autofs-4.1.0-beta3.src.rpm. This has been
>> included because the rpmbuild -tb command will not work properly on
>> the tar with this release. Please don't try as the spec file in the tar
>> is
>> out of date. Use the src rpm instead.
>>
>>  
>>
>

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Greg Bradner wrote:

> I should also add this is for 'program' mounts.
>

Yes and what does the program output when given approiate inputs?


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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Taylor, ForrestX]

Greg Bradner wrote:
> I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access' 
> permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission denied 
> on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  Shouldn't it 
> just skip over the permission denied one and still mount the others?

That is what the nonstrict option is for.

Forrest
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Greg Bradner]

Can you spell it out for me? With what program is the nonstrict option 
associated? What man page?
Thank.

Taylor, ForrestX wrote:

> Greg Bradner wrote:
>
>> I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access' 
>> permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission 
>> denied on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  
>> Shouldn't it just skip over the permission denied one and still mount 
>> the others?
>
>
> That is what the nonstrict option is for.
>
> Forrest

Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Greg Bradner]

Found it.
Thank a lot!

Greg Bradner wrote:

> Can you spell it out for me? With what program is the nonstrict option 
> associated? What man page?
> Thank.
>
> Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
>
>> Greg Bradner wrote:
>>
>>> I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access' 
>>> permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission 
>>> denied on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  
>>> Shouldn't it just skip over the permission denied one and still 
>>> mount the others?
>>
>>
>>
>> That is what the nonstrict option is for.
>>
>> Forrest
>
>
>

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Taylor, ForrestX]

Greg Bradner wrote:
> Can you spell it out for me? With what program is the nonstrict option 
> associated? What man page?
> Thank.

It is in /etc/auto.net.

Forrest
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:

> Greg Bradner wrote:
> > I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access'
> > permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission denied
> > on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  Shouldn't it
> > just skip over the permission denied one and still mount the others?
>
> That is what the nonstrict option is for.
>

How embarressing. I thought I knew the autofs code pretty well but clearly
not.

Now I will have to backout one of the patches in 4.1.0-beta3.

Very cool Forrest, Thanks.

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Re: [ANNOUNCE] autofs v4 beta3 (fwd)

[Ian Kent]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Greg Bradner wrote:

> I have multiple mount points on a NetApp, but I don't have 'access'
> permissions to all of them.  When autofs encountered a permission denied
> on one of the mount points, it didn't mount any of them.  Shouldn't it
> just skip over the permission denied one and still mount the others?

More info please.

What does your map entry look like?
What version of autofs are you using?


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