Map a single file??

Map a single file??

[Stef Bon]

Hello,

I would like to know is it possible for the automounter to map a single 
file?
In KDE, the filemanagers Dolphin and Konqueror look for the file 
.directory in every
directory. In some cases I want to present a special .directory file. 
The automounter is presenting a
tree which consist of networks, workgroups, servers and shares. For the 
network for example, the windows network folder icon would be something 
like an windows icon. This can be set in the .directory file. Futher I 
want these directories presented as icons, not in list.

So, can the automounter map single files, besides directories mapped to 
networkmountpoints?

Stef Bon

Re: Map a single file??

[Ian Kent]

Stef Bon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to know is it possible for the automounter to map a single 
> file?
> In KDE, the filemanagers Dolphin and Konqueror look for the file 
> .directory in every
> directory. In some cases I want to present a special .directory file. 
> The automounter is presenting a
> tree which consist of networks, workgroups, servers and shares. For the 
> network for example, the windows network folder icon would be something 
> like an windows icon. This can be set in the .directory file. Futher I 
> want these directories presented as icons, not in list.
> 
> So, can the automounter map single files, besides directories mapped to 
> networkmountpoints?

That's not functionality that belongs in the autofs.

This amounts to being able to "mount a single file" and AFAIK Linux
doesn't have this functionality at all and OSs that do have this only
for files that have specific support for particular files, such as
/etc/mnttab in Solaris.

Ian

Re: Map a single file??

[Jeff Moyer]

Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> writes:

> Stef Bon wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would like to know is it possible for the automounter to map a single 
>> file?
>> In KDE, the filemanagers Dolphin and Konqueror look for the file 
>> .directory in every
>> directory. In some cases I want to present a special .directory file. 
>> The automounter is presenting a
>> tree which consist of networks, workgroups, servers and shares. For the 
>> network for example, the windows network folder icon would be something 
>> like an windows icon. This can be set in the .directory file. Futher I 
>> want these directories presented as icons, not in list.
>> 
>> So, can the automounter map single files, besides directories mapped to 
>> networkmountpoints?
>
> That's not functionality that belongs in the autofs.
>
> This amounts to being able to "mount a single file" and AFAIK Linux
> doesn't have this functionality at all and OSs that do have this only
> for files that have specific support for particular files, such as
> /etc/mnttab in Solaris.

Actually, you *can* bind mount a single file.  However, the automount
daemon does not support this construct as we mkdir the path and mount on
top of that.

Cheers,
Jeff