> I've just migrated our linux system from amd (which was a real pain) to
> autofs, which works very well indeed. However, one feature that seems to
> have been lost is the concept of "browsable" that amd allows. Basically
> I'm automouting users homes and would prefer it if the available mount
> points were visible to all prior to their being actually mounted.
>
> Is this possible with autofs, and if so how!
yes - with a trick.
don't mount to /home/blauser but to /mount/.auto/blauser
then add a link /home/blauser -> /mount/.auto/blauser
now you can browse into /home and see the users-home, it then gets mounted
when you enter it.
problem with this: it isn't so clean and needs work for each user.
CU
Karsten aka TI
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