==> Regarding Re: [autofs] Autofs wrongly tries to use NFS for a program map; 
Mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:

>> Program maps need not print the "key".  Since the automount daemon
>> already knows what key it is looking up, this would be redundant
>> information.
>> 
mi> Thanks a lot. Indeed, removing the key form the script output solved
mi> the problem.


mi> May I suggest adding some details to the autofs.5 man page, in the
mi> "program" section? The output format expected from an executable map
mi> doesn't seem to be documented anywhere in the man pages.

Yes, this is a good suggestion.

mi> I was just a bout to do it and submit a diff for autofs.5, but then I
mi> realized that I really don't know the format which is expected. For a
mi> normal map, it would seem to be

mi> [options] :device

mi> But what is the expected format for an NFS map, and what other formats
mi> can be used?

A program map uses the same syntax as a file map.  I think something like
the attached should be sufficient.

Thanks,

Jeff

--- autofs/man/autofs.5.orig    2006-03-30 09:23:45.000000000 -0500
+++ autofs/man/autofs.5 2006-03-30 09:27:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@ map to the automounter.  A
 .B program
 map will be called as a script with the key as an argument.  It may
 return no lines of output if there's an error, or one or more lines
-containing a map (with \\ quoting line breaks).
+containing a map (with \\ quoting line breaks).  The output from the
+.B program
+map should omit the key;  aside from that, it supports exactly the
+same syntax as a
+.B file
+map.
 .P
 To use a 
 .B program

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