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From: thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow)
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Subject: Re: Automount trouble?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 18:40:00 GMT
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In <2796@brchh104.bnr.ca> phil@arco.com writes:
>The only problems I have, are that the automounter cannot be refreshed.
>The machine needs to be rebooted when a change is made to auto.direct.

Direct maps are like that, unfortunately; a SIGHUP won't fix them.
But rebooting is extreme; a simple kill of the automounter with
SIGTERM* and a restart should do.

* Don't use other signals!  Only this signal will have the automounter
do a clean exit without leaving dead mount points in place.

Rob T
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