==> Regarding RE: [autofs] getting parameters to executable maps; Ian Kent 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:

raven> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, aptosca wrote:
>> I have a network service that defines a filesystem namespace. I'd like
>> to write an executable map that uses that service to return map entries
>> to automount. Abstractly, the executable map takes the namespace path,
>> queries the web service, and returns a map entry to automount. The map
>> entry is either a pointer to a real filesystem or an -fstype=autofs
>> entry that causes the executable map to be executed again when/if an
>> entry in the directory is touched.

raven> I've thought about this and I can't think of any easy way to achieve
raven> this.

raven> I don't like the idea of changing the internals of the way program
raven> maps are called.

raven> One way to do this would be to write an autofs lookup module to
raven> handle this map source rather than use a program map.

Is there any way we could achieve this via setting some environment
variables?

-Jeff

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