Rich McClellan wrote:
>
> IMO, expecting users to navigate a file system in the dark is a **huge**
> deficiency in usability. If it is technically possible to fix this
> problem it should be done.
>
It is, but it is *EXTREMELY* painful... it pretty much requires not only a
gutting of the entire autofs, but also core kernel changes. It is on the
map for the autofs v5 which is meant to be a complete rewrite; it will
also require Al Viro's VFS changes planned for v2.5.
Until then, it's not going to happen.
-hpa
