[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> The following very tiny patch adds the `--no-local-symlinks'
> option to /usr/sbin/automount. This option causes automount
> *not* to symlink NFS mounts which it believes to be local.
>
> If the user doesn't specify this option, then automount's
> behaviour is unchanged (ie. it will use symlinks for local
> mounts).
>
> I needed this because I was using ssh and rpc_psrv to proxy
> NFS connections over a secure tunnel. It took me quite a long
> time to work out why `mount localhost:/remote/drive /local'
> worked correctly, but automount didn't ...
>
This patch is done in the wrong place, so I'm not going to accept it.
It should be treated as a filesystem option.
-hpa
