==> Regarding Re: [autofs] compatibility with solaris '[no]browse' mount option; Mike Waychison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:
Michael.Waychison> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash> SHA1 Michael.Waychison> Jeff Moyer wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've currently got a request to support the browse mount option. It >> seems do-able entirely in the init script (and this seems the right >> place). Would there be any objections to such an approach? >> >> -Jeff >> >> _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http> //linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs Michael.Waychison> How would you be able to do browsing from the init Michael.Waychison> script given the protocol restrictions imposed by Michael.Waychison> autofs4? Autofs4 uses the magic pgid value as well as Michael.Waychison> requiring a pipe fd to do communication. I'm not quite that oblivious. Close, but not quite. ;) Michael.Waychison> If you are simply looking towards translating the browse Michael.Waychison> option to the ghosting used in automount4, then by all Michael.Waychison> means go for it :) However please note that you will Michael.Waychison> have to handle this in the daemon as well as it is Michael.Waychison> possible to nest indirect maps: Ahh, that's what I was looking for (and Mike Blandford had touched on this as well in his reply). Michael.Waychison> If you are willing to wait, I've been working on the Michael.Waychison> autofs implementation I described at Michael.Waychison> http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/1/6/167 that will support Michael.Waychison> browsing/lazy mounts. I will be releasing it to the Michael.Waychison> community in the coming weeks pending some approvals.. I look forward to seeing it. However, this is no substitute for adding this bit of compatibility to autofs4. Thanks! -Jeff _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
