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From: hslrswi!rrb@relay.eu.net (R.R.Buonanno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: automount problem
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Date: 11 Oct 89 11:28:19 GMT
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I am trying to sort out this brain damage called automount. I've RTFM,
leafed through pounds of STBs and the CDB, and tried, and scratched my
head and tried some more. I'm still mystified. Automount seems to insist
on mounting things where they just ain't supposed to be! For example:

	automount -m /usr auto.usr

where auto.usr is a map that says something like:

	bin/X11		ursa:/usr/bin:X11
	lib/X11		ursa:/usr/lib:X11
	include/X11	ursa:/usr/include:X11

has disastrous consequences, i.e. /usr becomes invisible. Please note that
this fails just as miserably when the colons in the map file are replaced
with slashes.

Somewhere in the dim and dusty tape archives of my brain I recall a
discussion on this topic in this group, so I apologize for rehashing this.
Can someone re-enlighten me on this subject or point me at an archive.

Thanks in advance. I'm glad the net's always there when you need it, it's
the next best thing to being there.

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