Scott McDermott wrote:
>
> H. Peter Anvin on Wed 8/03 10:53 -0800:
> > > Hm.. so is the automount entry found in /etc/nsswitch.conf ignored?
> > > Does anything read it?
> >
> > No.
>
> Well that's useful. No sense integrating into the name services switch,
> is there.
>
> Included Maps
> The contents of another map can be included within a map
> with an entry of the form
>
> +mapname
>
> If mapname begins with a slash then it is assumed to be the
> pathname of a local file. Otherwise the location of the map
> is determined by the policy of the name service switch
> according to the entry for the automounter in
> /etc/nsswitch.conf, such as
>
> automount: files nis
>
> If the name service is files then the name is assumed to be
> that of a local file in /etc. If the key being searched for
> is not found in the included map, the search continues with
> the next entry.
>
> Ahhhh how useful that would be...
>
> --
> Scott
Of course. Let's connect into YET ANOTHER completely unrelated API.
Sorry, no way. That is just too idiotic.
-hpa
