On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Thorild Selen wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Carter) writes:
> > [...] Or since userspace has to obtain the whole map anyway to
> > recognize deletions, maybe it should cache the map, but only in the
> > case of browsing should it install every row in the kernel.
> 
> I believe that LCUP (LDAP Client Update Protocol, RFC 3928) could be
> used for this purpose. This LDAP extension would make it possible for
> a client to request the server to notify it of any modifications to a
> map, including deletion of entries.
> 
> This only applies to LDAP of course, and far from all LDAP servers
> support LCUP. However, situations like this look like just what LCUP
> was designed for.

But, at this stage, autofs isn't going to be listening it's going to be 
asking?

Ian

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