Re: Autofs

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
14 Dec 1998 17:46:07 GMT

Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9812141122120.7486-100000@nowindows.dera.gov.uk>
By author: Dr Mark Hagger <mhagger@dera.gov.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I've just migrated our linux system from amd (which was a real pain) to
> autofs, which works very well indeed. However, one feature that seems to
> have been lost is the concept of "browsable" that amd allows. Basically
> I'm automouting users homes and would prefer it if the available mount
> points were visible to all prior to their being actually mounted.
>
> Is this possible with autofs, and if so how!
>

No. It has the nasty side effect that browsing in that directory
mounts *all* the filesystems, unless some heavy (and really ugly)
hackery is applied. autofs v3 does not support this option; I'm still
considering whether or not to support this in autofs v4 (my current
inclination is no.)

-hpa

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