> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Dimitry V. Ketov wrote: > > > - Which reasons (besides simplicity) led developers to the autofs > > solution? > > - What's wrong with nfs for the same things? > > I don't understand your question. > > What has NFS to do with automounting? Sorry, if I'm unclear. I really meant communication protocol between kernel and the userspace for automounting purposes. As I know, early automounting solutions was (and current am-utils is) based on userspace nfs server daemon that mount itself on the autmomount points and then listen for filesystem traverses that trigger mounting. I understand that nfs was designed for different purposes, but anyway what reason to design new communication protocol and to complicate kernel instead using already in-kernel nfs code?
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