Re: FC2 automounter differences (hesitant to call them bugs.)

[Jack Bowling <jbinpg shaw ca>]

On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:55:43AM +1000, Dan wrote:
> I also noticed the changes and i checking out the autofs docs.
> 
> With regards to your problem 1, I think its a known issue.
> 
> Check out /usr/share/doc/autofs-4.1.2/README.direct
> 
> <snip>
> NOTE: Due to current design limitations, direct maps will take over an
>   entire directory hierarchy.  What this means is, if your direct map
>   key is /usr/share/bilbo, then /usr will become an automount mount
>   point, mounting over the existing /usr.
> </snip>

Yes, I can confirm that this is how it works on my FC1 box as well. I just
mounted to a dummy base directory and then symlinked it to how I wanted it to be accessed.


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Jack Bowling
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