Re: Network Neighborhood (fwd)

[H. Peter Anvin]

Anders Melchiorsen wrote:
> 
> "H. Peter Anvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > > No, we are trying to get the browse list into a virtual Linux
> > > directory, so we can say "ls /smb" and get a list of computers
> > > currently on the network.
> >
> > That you really can't do with autofs without some huge amounts of
> > modifications.  Browsability of automounts causes huge amounts of
> > problems, which is why autofs doesn't support it at this time, and
> > possibly never will.
> 
> I know it causes problems (I have heard about it before, and I have
> seen Windows :-). But I still think it is better than nothing, and
> possibly quite acceptable on single-user desktop machines.
> 
> Would you happen to know if amd supports this without the huge work
> which you imply it would take to get autofs to do it?
> 

I believe it does, but I'm not sure.

        -hpa