Ian:

My work around is doing fine.  Thanks for the update.

-- Dannie

On 11/11/05, Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Ian Kent wrote:
>
> Some bad news I'm afraid Dannie.
>
> > On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Dannie Stanley wrote:
> >
> > > Ian:
> > >
> > > I am glad you were able to find the bug.  The work around I am
> > > currently using works ok for now so I probably won't change my
> > > configuration.  Though I appreciate the effort to give me other
> > > options.
> >
> > I'll need to fix it for 4.1.3 and 4.1.4.
> > This case is looking a little difficult so it may take a while.
>
> Having looked more closely at this I found that it is actually another
> limitation of the pseudo direct mount implementation in autofs-4.1. The
> effort to change would be fairly significant both in the daemon and the
> kernel module.
>
> Since this and other limitations of the 4.1 implementation will be fixed
> in autofs-5.0 I really don't think the time would be well spent as I need
> it for 5.0.
>
> So there would have to be a very compelling case.
>
> Sorry.
>
> Perhaps you could test out the first alpha when I finally get it out?
>
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dannie
> > >
> > > On 11/2/05, Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Dannie Stanley wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have generated a DIRECT map file and defined it in 
> > > > > > /etc/auto.master.
> > > > > >  My direct mappings look like this (located in /etc/auto.virtual):
> > > >
> > > > Ummmm ....
> > > >
> > > > Oops looks like there's a check that stop this from working correctly 
> > > > for
> > > > direct mounts.
> > > >
> > > > There was probably a reason for it so let me think about it for a bit 
> > > > and
> > > > I'll put together a patch.
> > > >
> > > > In the mean time you could work around this using an indirect map like:
> > > >
> > > > In the master:
> > > >
> > > > /virtual        /etc/auto.virtual
> > > >
> > > > In auto.virtual:
> > > >
> > > > USERNAME /public localhost:/dir1 /private localhost:/dir2
> > > >
> > > > for each of your USERNAME entries.
> > > >
> > > > or you could use a direct map like:
> > > >
> > > > /virtual/USERNAME/private localhost:/dir1
> > > > /virtual/USERNAME/public localhost:/dir2
> > > >
> > > > for each of your USERNAME entries.
> > > >
> > > > Ian
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dannie M. Stanley
> > >
> > > "The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm: (1) write down the problem;
> > > (2) think very hard; (3) write down the answer." - Murray Gell-Mann
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
>    ,-._|\    Ian Kent
>   /      \   Perth, Western Australia
>   *_.--._/   E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         v    Web: http://themaw.net/
>


--
Dannie M. Stanley

"The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm: (1) write down the problem;
(2) think very hard; (3) write down the answer." - Murray Gell-Mann

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