On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-03-23 at 11:12 -0400, Leonardo Chiquitto wrote: >> Ian, list >> >> I'd appreciate if you could clarify whether the configuration below is >> supported by AutoFS or just a misuse of a feature. >> >> It is known that you can't add the same mount point twice in auto.master: > > Yes, that's correct. > >> >> # /etc/auto.master: >> /test file:/etc/auto.test1 >> /test file:/etc/auto.test2 >> >> # /etc/auto.test1: >> aaaa server:/aaaa >> >> # /etc/auto.test2: >> bbbb server:/bbbb >> >> The automounter will ignore the duplicated entry: >> >> automount[13975]: Starting automounter version 5.0.5, master map auto.master >> automount[13975]: using kernel protocol version 5.01 >> automount[13975]: ignoring duplicate indirect mount /test > > Yes, duplicates are checked for. > > Very early in version 5 multiple entries were allowed until I realized > that it wasn't allowed in other Unix automount implementations and since > like behavior was the goal it was disallowed. > >> >> However, you can be creative and modify the configuration to make >> AutoFS accept it: >> >> # /etc/auto.master: >> /test file:/etc/auto.test >> >> # /etc/auto.test: >> +file:/etc/auto.test1 >> +file:/etc/auto.test2 >> >> # /etc/auto.test1: >> aaaa server:/aaaa >> >> # /etc/auto.test2: >> bbbb server:/bbbb >> >> This seems to work just fine, even in the presence of duplicated keys >> in /etc/auto.test1 and /etc/auto.test2 (in this case, AutoFS seems to >> always use the key from the first map). I believe it IS supported, but I >> wanted to make sure before I spend more time investigating a bug report. > > Yes, that's the way they are supposed to work. > Included maps should be used instead of using multiple map entries. > > It is also what should be used to convert old style multi-map master map > entries into the new syntax. Thanks for confirming, Ian. I'll report the problem I'm seeing here in a new thread. Thanks, Leonardo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe autofs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
