Re: [PATCH] Explain /etc/auto.master.d usage

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On Fri, 2019-03-15 at 01:18 +0000, Vincent.Mcintyre@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 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.

I'll fix that when I add it to my queue, ;)

Ian






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