==> Regarding [autofs] /net support; David Meleedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:

david.meleedy> Are there any plans to implement this correctly?  We are
david.meleedy> seeing problems with the auto.net script that just loads up
david.meleedy> every directory provided by the machine.  For example some
david.meleedy> of our fileservers have a lot of mounts, and this can really
david.meleedy> start filling up the mount table.  Also, some fileservers
david.meleedy> let certain clients mount some of the directories provided
david.meleedy> but not others.  The error messages are confusing our user's
david.meleedy> because they are trying to cd to:

david.meleedy> /net/<machine_name>/foo and they see an error message about
david.meleedy> not being able to mount /net/<machine_name>/goo

david.meleedy> It would be a lot cleaner if only the directory you are
david.meleedy> cd'ing to got mounted instead of every directory.

Autofs version 5 gets this right.

-Jeff

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