Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:59:18 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-all@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: <20040831185918.GE31434@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpsma3rxfh.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <200408311626.i7VGQ1Fx067559@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzpsma3rxfh.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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* Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> [040831 11:10] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > Log: > > Enter the autofs. > > Ohh, shiny! But what's it for? The man pages are rather vague. 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. I'll add more later, but for now check out: http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/cinci93/full_papers/callaghan.txt > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav - des@des.no -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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