On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ian Kent wrote:
> >
> > To fit in with the existing framework I would need to require the entire
> > map returned for a NULL key.
> >
>
> That's correct.
>
> >
> >>And of course autofs needs to deal with the consequences of the map
> >>changing underneath it.
> >
> > I normally reread the map and try again on lookup failure. There is the
> > HUP signal to do a manual map reread.
> >
>
> A better option is probably to update periodically. You still need to
> be able to handle query of a mount point that you don't know about
> (might have appeared anew) or a mount point you thought exist not being
> found.
The above works that way without the update.
I'm not sure that a periodic update really gets us much. Since in most
sites maps change infrequently.
On the other hand at work we run a cron every night on all our machines to
trigger an update of the maps.
So I'm on the fence here?
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