==> Regarding Re: [autofs] replicated mounts patch; Jeffrey Layton <[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]> adds:

jtlayton> On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 12:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Does the is_local_addr function work correctly for multi-homed hosts?

jtlayton> I changed the name of the is_local_addr() function to
jtlayton> is_bind_addr(), but otherwise left it more or less untouched. I
jtlayton> did this in anticipation that we will eventually want to make an
jtlayton> is_local_addr() function that does the 'subnet' check that the
jtlayton> manpage claims. So, the short answer is, yes -- it should work
jtlayton> for multi-homed hosts since it essentially does what the original
jtlayton> code does here.

>> Does the parse_mount_string work for something like: "host1 , host2
>> ,host3, host4:/this/dir"?

jtlayton> Yes. I've verified that it does. It even works for relatively
jtlayton> strange stuff like:

jtlayton> host1(1),host2:/this/dir host3(5):/that/dir

jtlayton> Unspecified weights get assigned the value 65535.

>From the docs:

  The numbers in parentheses() indicate a weighting. Servers without a
  weighting have a value of zero (most likely to be selected). The higher the
  weighting value, the less chance the server will be selected.

Please change accordingly.

-Jeff

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