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From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Subject: Re: unable to automount windows C$
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 13:32:48 +0800
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To: Matthew Jurgens <autofs@edcint.co.nz>
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Matthew Jurgens wrote:
> The output of a mount command is:
>>> //xp0/C/$ on /smb/xp0/C$ type cifs (rw,mand)
>>>
>>> The incorrect target of //xp0/C/$ does not appear to be reflected in the
>>> debug output
>>>
>>> The correct output of the mount command should be:
>>> //xp0/C$ on /smb/xp0/C$ type cifs (rw,mand)
>>>     
>>
>> Clearly it isn't an autofs problem.
>> It's a mount.cifs (or mount(8)) problem.
>>
>> Ian
>>   
> I'm not quite sure how it is a mount.cifs problem since I can manually
> mount the share.
> If I can manually mount it since I pass a correct mount target, couldn't
> autofs do the same?
> Am I missing something?

Yes, when you mount it manually you don't escape the "$".