> Everything except root is a passive translator. I wouldn't want the M$ > stuff in my locate database ... and I'm not sure I want Linux things > in there, but I certainly want the /home tree.
I think you are missing something (or maybe I am wrong). If updatedb does a readdir on / then the translator on home is going to be started. > True, but as I understand it, "automounting" is the thing to do under > the Hurd, not an exception. I consider the above setup (nothing > mounted explicitly) quite normal. But everything is always mounted in the Unix sense. They may be passive, however, they are ``mounted.'' -Neal -- Neal H Walfield University of Massachusetts at Lowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
