Thanks Alvin,
I agree with your analysis, but was short on time when I worked
on this. The option parsing routine will need to be beefed up in
order to support this approach. Also, if someone else is already
working on the issue, I don't want to butt in. Do you know who
the current maintainer for this code is?
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, you wrote:
> hi steve
>
> > Pargon me for repeating my previous post, but I'm looking for
> > some feedback. I need to know if I'm reinventing the wheel
> > or taking appropriate action. Here is my post from June 20.
>
> to me, to support the old smbmount or new smbmount syntax would
> mean adding an option -newsmb to autofs...
>
> somewhere in autofs code:
>
> if ( newsmb ) {
> smbmount $Share -P $Passwd -c 'mount $MntPoint' -U $USR
> } else {
> smbmount $Share $MntPoint -U $USR -P $Passwd
> }
>
> or something along that line will solve the problem... at least
> in my simplistic view...
>
> - a new autofs that does not support the old syntax will create
> too much headache...
>
> thanx
> alvin
>
> > >The smbmount command has adopted a new syntax which is no longer
> > >consistent with the current version of autofs. I am currently using:
> > >autofs version 3.1.3
> > >smbmount version 2.0.3
> > >
> > >I looked at autofs-3.1.4-pre3.patch.gz and it did not appear to=20
> > >address the new smbmount syntax. I prepared a patch to allow autofs=20
> > >to work with the new smbmount syntax. Unfortunately, It does not
> > >handle both old and new syntax.=20
> > >
> > >A copy of the patch(it's short) is included in case it is of any use=20
> > >to the maintainer. Also, constructive criticism would be welcome
> > >as this is the first time I have submitted a patch of any kind.
> > --
> > _______________________________________________________
> > Steve N. McCall: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> [ patch deleted ]
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