Ian Kent <[email protected]> writes:

> Stef Bon wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I would like to know is it possible for the automounter to map a single 
>> file?
>> In KDE, the filemanagers Dolphin and Konqueror look for the file 
>> .directory in every
>> directory. In some cases I want to present a special .directory file. 
>> The automounter is presenting a
>> tree which consist of networks, workgroups, servers and shares. For the 
>> network for example, the windows network folder icon would be something 
>> like an windows icon. This can be set in the .directory file. Futher I 
>> want these directories presented as icons, not in list.
>> 
>> So, can the automounter map single files, besides directories mapped to 
>> networkmountpoints?
>
> That's not functionality that belongs in the autofs.
>
> This amounts to being able to "mount a single file" and AFAIK Linux
> doesn't have this functionality at all and OSs that do have this only
> for files that have specific support for particular files, such as
> /etc/mnttab in Solaris.

Actually, you *can* bind mount a single file.  However, the automount
daemon does not support this construct as we mkdir the path and mount on
top of that.

Cheers,
Jeff

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