Peter,
Thus spoke H. Peter Anvin on 22-Feb-99 :
>> >
>> > But that doesn't solve your problem; you still can't umount the old
>> > directory if it is busy.
>>
>> I agree, I cannot umount the old directory. But I did not want to right
>> away.
>>
>> I want to copy user data onto an new location and make it accessable
>> immediately to the user using his/her standard home path. At some stage the
>> processes on the old directory die anyway, which allows the automounter to
>> umount the old directories.
>
> I see. This actually could be done by allowing you to move the old
> directory out of the way; I have to admit I'm somewhat sceptical to
> the feature for a variety of reasons, but I'll keep it in the back of
> my head.
Maybe that is the solution to that problem, to allow a move command onto autofs
like
mv /home/user /home/user_old
> ...
> Not taken that way. I just want to emphasize that I specifically am
> not willing to turn autofs into a kitchen-sink thing; I want to keep
> the design reasonably simple.
I perfecly understand that.
Frithjof
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