Re: automount doesn't "follow" bind mounts

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:35:57 -0700


stoffel@lucent.com wrote:
>>>>>>"Benjamin" == Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>>
>
> Benjamin> Is there an autofs v4 daemon that's actually released? The
> Benjamin> only thing I see is code that's over a year old in
> Benjamin> /pub/linux/daemons/autofs/testing-v4/ on kernel.org. If
> Benjamin> pre10 is okay, it should be released (at least that would
> Benjamin> explain why we're still shipping v3).
>
> Well, HPA says that pre10 has some serious problems, but it was the
> only version I could get to work with our Solaris NIS environment and
> out NetApps reliably. I'd release the darn thing and let people send
> in patches as needed.
>

I said I *think* it is racy, mostly because noone has ever bothered
showing it to the contrary, and because I have failed to see how it
*couldn't* be.

-hpa

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