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From: mcvax!etana.tut.fi!pl@uunet.uu.net (Lehtinen Pertti)
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Subject: Re: getwd problems
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Date: 11 May 89 07:42:40 GMT
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> ...After lack of use for a few minutes our
> diskless workstations will return the following when asked to pwd: 
> 
> 	pwd:  getwd: cannot stat ..
> 
> Are you running the automounter?  I didn't think it could unmount a
> partition if you were still "cd"-ed there, but anything is possible...
> --wnl

We have had some experience about automount umounting partitions with
someone on them.

That is quite nasty and if they are running automount this could give
explanation.

	Pertti Lehtinen
	pl@tut.fi

pl@tut.fi
Pertti Lehtinen
Tampere University of Technology
Software Systems Laboratory