On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 09:03:09AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > On Thu, 2019-03-14 at 23:13 +0000, Vincent.Mcintyre@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > I've noticed people have difficulty fully parsing the rather terse > > description in samples/auto.master, eg bugs.debian.org/693782. > > Give a specific example of the usage to make understanding easier. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vincent McIntyre <vincent.mcintyre@xxxxxxxx> > > > > diff --git a/man/auto.master.5.in b/man/auto.master.5.in > > index 68242d4..ee83794 100644 > > --- a/man/auto.master.5.in > > +++ b/man/auto.master.5.in > > @@ -383,6 +383,20 @@ All accesses to paths in the map > > will trigger mounts when they are accessed and the Name Service Switch > > configuration will be used to locate the source of the map > > .IR auto.data . > > +.sp > > +To avoid making edits to @@autofsmapdir@@/auto.master, > > +@@autofsmapdir@@/auto.master.d may be used. > > +Files in that directory must have an ".autofs" suffix, e.g. > > +.IR @@autofsmapdir@@/auto.master.d/extra.autofs. > > +Such files contain lines of the same format as the auto.master file, e.g. > > +.sp > > +.RS +.2i > > +.ta 1.0i > > +.nf > > +/foo /etc/auto.foo > > +/baz yp:baz.map > > +.fi > > +.RE > > .SH "SEE ALSO" > > .BR automount (8), > > .BR autofs (5), > > diff --git a/samples/auto.master b/samples/auto.master > > index 9a9968a..0fc57f3 100644 > > --- a/samples/auto.master > > +++ b/samples/auto.master > > @@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ > > /net -hosts > > # > > # Include /etc/auto.master.d/*.autofs > > -# The included files must conform to the format of this file. > > +# To add an extra map using this mechanism you will need to add > > +# two configuration items - one /etc/auto.master.d/extra.autofs file > > +# (using the same line format as the auto.master file) > > +# and a separate mount map (e.g. /etc/auto.extra or an auto.extra NIS map) > > +# that is referred to by the foo.autofs file. > > Shouldn't that be extra.autofs not foo.autofs? yep, absolutely correct.