On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 14:24 +0100, David Howells wrote: > Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > It really doesn't matter whether there is a symlink or not. automounters > > should _not_ be trying to create directories on any filesystem other > > than the autofs filesystem itself. > > Yes, I agree. Not really. What about multiple recursive bind mounts? What about the initial directory for the autofs mount itself? What about the case where a admin expects autofs to create these directories for map entries that have multiple offsets. As I've said before in version 5 I'm saying that it is a requirement that the the directories already exist in this case but in version 4 people may have become accustomed to this behavior and right or wrong this type of change shouldn't be made without warning to the users or possibly not made at all. Ian
