> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Hockin [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:48 PM
> To: Ogden, Aaron A.
> Cc: [email protected]; H. Peter Anvin; autofs mailing list;
> Mike Waychison; Kernel Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [autofs] [RFC] Towards a Modern Autofs
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 04:28:59PM -0600, Ogden, Aaron A. wrote:
> > Solaris there is a command called 'automount' that tells the kernel
to
> > re-read the automount maps, perhaps it resets the autofs subsystem
in
> > the kernel as well. If linux autofs had the same capability we
might
> > not need the daemon, but until then, having the daemon in userland
is a
> > good thing.
>
> That's more or less exactly what is proposed.
>
Excellent! I haven't read through the proposal yet but I have it open
in another window. :-)
The detailed proposal you've written implies that Sun as a whole has
given serious thought to the problem, which IMHO is how to make linux
autofs work like Solaris autofs. Is Sun willing to devote man-hours to
help implement the new autofs? I think Ian has done a tremendous job
with autofs4 but the more minds we throw at the problem the better.
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:34:08PM -0600, Ogden, Aaron A. wrote:
> autofs work like Solaris autofs. Is Sun willing to devote man-hours to
> help implement the new autofs? I think Ian has done a tremendous job
Yes. :)