Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:58:27 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@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: <20040901165827.GM31434@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20040901144304.GB15185@ip.net.ua> References: <200408311626.i7VGQ1Fx067559@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzpsma3rxfh.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040831185918.GE31434@elvis.mu.org> <20040901080658.GA406@ip.net.ua> <20040901133313.GL31434@elvis.mu.org> <20040901144304.GB15185@ip.net.ua>
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* Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> [040901 07:44] wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > And what acts as automountd, or it's not ready yet? > > > > The newest amd works with Sun and Linux autofs, I will be working with > > them to make it support FreeBSD autofs. > > > Just to make it clear: it's not yet possible to use autofs in FreeBSD? I would say you can play with it, but no application written other than what's in /usr/share/examples/autofs actually uses it. Go ahead and compile what's in /usr/share/examples/autofs/driver/ and play around... :) I plan on getting amd integration taken care of over the next couple of weeks. -- - Alfred Perlstein - Research Engineering Development Inc. - email: bright@mu.org cell: 408-480-4684
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