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From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Subject: Re: ls command fails to properly list contents of
	directories
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:19:08 +0800
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To: Rezk Mekhael <rezk.mekhael@gmail.com>
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Rezk Mekhael wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a question about automout over linux:
> Why Standard UNIX LS command  fails to properly list contents of directories
> on *untriggered* automounts using nfs?

This is normal and intentional.
Assuming you are using version 5, see configuration entry BROWSE_MODE
and auto.master(5) and note that the distributed configuration sets this
to "no" to match the version 4 default.

Ian