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  From: Craig Keogh <oxydian@optusnet.com.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 18:01:16 +0930

Re: automount browsing

>  > on Linux, when automounting an NFS filesystem from a Solaris server, is
it
>  > possible to make all directories under that mountpoint visible by
default?
>    [ ... ]
>  > note how /usr/local/lib is only visible in an ls after I have
specifically
>  > asked for it?
>  >
>  > this is the relevant auto.home entry:
>  > /usr/local /etc/auto.local --timeout 60
>  > and the auto.local file:
>  > * -ro exxilon:/export/share/$ARCH/local/&
>
> You probably want to use a static map for /usr/local.  The way you've
> configured it at the moment treats each subdirectory as a separate mount
> (which is why the subdirs aren't accessible until you attempt to access
> them).  If you want to see them straight away, arrange to automount
> exxilon:/export/share/$ARCH/local on /usr/local.

I have the same issue with the linux automounter - I dislike it with a
passion.
I have a network with a shared /usr/local amongst linux-i686,
solaris7-sun4u, solaris2.6-sun4m, linux-sun4c.
All the systems get the same /usr/local/doc, /usr/local/share, etc as they
are system independant.
/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib are mounted to different locations based on
the architecture by the automounter.

Browsing on the solaris systems works like a treat, everything appears like
it is local.

Put your butt on the linux machine, and /usr/local appears as if it is
empty.

Also, another thing that sux0rs. The linux machine is the nfs server. The
automounter mounts /usr/local to the local machine (/export). When you cd
into /usr/local/share, and then "ls /usr/local", share appears as a soft
link to /export/local/share. So very gay.

Craig Keogh


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