Mr E_T wrote:
>
> is it posible to have the mount point and key to be the same directory
>
> I wish to mount 1 directory onto a single mount point and use the same
> mount point as the key
>
> eg -
> I wish to mount some.puter:/home/user/dir as /home/user/dir
>
> but if I specify /home/user as the mount point the entire directory is
> hidden and if /home/user/dir is specified then I get an extra redirection
> which upsets configured programs.
>
> hence I wish to mount a sporadic directory to a fixed point.
>
> Is this possible using autofs?
>
I am not sure what you're talking about, but I suspect what you want is
bind mounts which are supported with 2.4 kernels, mount 2.10o and autofs
3.1.7.
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