sorry about this newbie question, but can you explain what exactly direct mounts/maps is?
thx On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:39:40 +0800 (WST) Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Krishnakumar B wrote: > > > > Can't do that at present. Direct mounts are not fully implemented. > > > > My manpage for autofs(5) claims the following: > > > > UNSUPPORTED > > This version of the automounter supports direct maps for FILE, NIS > > and LDAP maps only and handles SunOS-style replicated filesystems > > only to the extent that mount(8) does. > > Perhaps I need to change this to be more accurate. > > > > > So is my manpage wrong, or does "direct maps" mean something other than > > "direct mounts"? Or are you referring to the following limitation (from > > README.direct v1.3). > > > > NOTE: Due to current design limitations, direct maps will take over an > > entire directory hierarchy. What this means is, if your direct map key is > > /usr/share/bilbo, then /usr will become an automount mount point, mounting > > over the existing /usr. > > I'm refering to the design limitation mentioned in this note. > > This will continue to be the case in 4.1.4 (in fact 4.1.x). > > I plan on creating a 4.2.0 development branch at some point fairly soon. > This will be the top priority for that development. > > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > autofs mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
