==> Regarding Re: [autofs] Automounting on /. deleting entire FS!; Martin Fick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:
fick> Jeff, 1) Why does the automounter delete files (or entire fick> filesystems)? >> It doesn't, it simply mounted over your '/' mountpoint. If you umount >> /, you get what was there before (I'm guessing. never really >> overmounted / before). fick> Actually, I have rebooted and that is not the case, everything IS fick> gone, I even rebooted using another (backup) root filesystem (I keep fick> one around for this reason) and mounted the old root and looked fick> around. Again, only the old mount points for partitions that were fick> mounted are left. fick> Are you saying that this not supposed to be the case? Have I fick> uncovered a bug? Nothing is in /etc/ on your old root partition? I don't see anything in the autofs code that would remove an entire directory hierarchy plus its contents. -Jeff _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
