Re: Should mount --bind not follow symlinks?

[Anthony <anthony@magix.com.sg>]

Jamie Lokier wrote:
> The automounter could indeed chase those symlinks.
> 
> Also, if the automounter creates a symlink in /opt anyway, and the link
> subsequently works (as you said), then it shouldn't be returning "No
> such file or directory" the first time.
> 
> In other words the latter behaviour looks like a bug in the automounter,
> and the former is a feature which could be added but isn't needed for
> your application.

Okay!  Well, the following I think fixes everything for me, as a 
small tweak to autofs-4.0.0pre9.

Thanks

Anthony


*** modules/mount_bind.c.Orig   Sun Mar 25 15:43:27 2001
--- modules/mount_bind.c        Mon Mar 26 22:57:10 2001
***************
*** 19,24 ****
--- 19,25 ----
  #include <errno.h>
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <syslog.h>
  #include <string.h>
  #include <sys/param.h>
***************
*** 71,76 ****
--- 72,84 ----
    char *fullpath;
    int err;
    int i;
+ 
+   char real[PATH_MAX];
+   if (!realpath(what, real)) {
+     syslog(LOG_NOTICE, MODPREFIX "realpath %s failed: %m", what);
+     return 1;
+   }
+   what = real;
  
    fullpath = alloca(strlen(root)+name_len+2);
    if ( !fullpath ) {