Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:06:58 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libautofs Makefile libautofs.3 libautofs.c libautofs.h src/sbin/mount_autofs Makefile mount_autofs.8 mount_autofs.c src/sys/fs/autofs Makefile autofs.h autofs_util.c autofs_vfsops.c autofs_vnops.c src/share/man/man5 autofs.5 ... Message-ID: <20040901080658.GA406@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20040831185918.GE31434@elvis.mu.org> References: <200408311626.i7VGQ1Fx067559@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzpsma3rxfh.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040831185918.GE31434@elvis.mu.org>
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--RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:59:18AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [040831 11:10] wrote: > > Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > > Log: > > > Enter the autofs. > >=20 > > Ohh, shiny! But what's it for? The man pages are rather vague. >=20 > It's basically a better mechanism than using a loopback NFS mount > for amd. A lot quicker and a lot safer and offers better semantics. >=20 > I'll add more later, but for now check out: >=20 > http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/cinci93/full_paper= s/callaghan.txt >=20 And what acts as automountd, or it's not ready yet? Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBNYMiqRfpzJluFF4RAsh2AKCR2pN3Sh+LZj8jqMIMozPm4j04XACgkqX5 topkzLNkZA19vGritfM3R40= =LHfi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--
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