==> Regarding Re: [autofs] -hosts and -null enabling for autofs v4.1.x; "Gordon
Lack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:
gml4410> Jeff Moyer wrote:
>>
gml4410> For -null, it just adds the mountpoint location to the list of
gml4410> knownmaps, but doesn't do anything else.
>>
>> This isn't exactly right. It should "nullify" the next occurrence of the
>> given mount point, and then go away.
gml4410> That isn't how automount maps are supposed to work (at least
gml4410> not Sun ones, according to how I read the documentation). Only
gml4410> the *first* occurrence of a mountpoint is supposed to be used -
gml4410> that is meant to override *all* following occurences.
Yes, you are correct. This line in the man page is what confused me:
The -null map cancels a previous map for the directory indi-
cated.
Thanks!
Jeff
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