"Christopher W. Curtis" wrote:
>>
> Personally, I am against the "+" syntax since it is supposed to be
> obsoleted by the switch. I realize it allows more fine grained control,
> but it really just doesn't belong in that file (any of them).
>
> Until libc support is added, though, if it's really needed, it should be
> added as an NIS-only 'service' (for historical consistency) purposes.
>
> Now, I have my autofs maps distributed via NIS - are people having a
> problem with this or do they just want to add a "+" to an existing map?
>
I don't know. Obviously there isn't a problem with distributing autofs
maps via NIS... that has been supported all along. The only real
argument I have seen is "all other Unices do it". Although it's a weak
argument, it is also a real argument although weakened by the fact that
we're talking about local files here (there is absolutely no way to
support this in anything but local file maps.)
-hpa
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