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Date:      Wed, 1 Sep 2004 17:43:04 +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:  <20040901144304.GB15185@ip.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <20040901133313.GL31434@elvis.mu.org>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 06:33:13AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> * Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> [040901 01:08] wrote:
> > 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_p=
apers/callaghan.txt
> > >=20
> > And what acts as automountd, or it's not ready yet?
>=20
> The newest amd works with Sun and Linux autofs, I will be working with
> them to make it support FreeBSD autofs.
>=20
Just to make it clear: it's not yet possible to use autofs in FreeBSD?


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer

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