Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello list. I've several questions about browse mode option. > > First, I have opposite reports about the effects of 'browse mode' option > in automount configuration. Some times ago, a user reported than setting > it to 'no' was CPU-unfriendly, so we turned it to 'yes' by default in
That's the first time I've ever heard that! What data did your user use to support that conclusion? > However, I now have another report than allowing browse was harmful on > large networks, causing lots of IP collisions. My knowledge in this area is dated, sadly. I'll let Ian address the specific implementation details. > So, I'm curious at what should be a good default value for this option. > > Second, having a look at the code, it seems 'yes' is the default in the > binary, but, but default configuration file set it to 'no', which is > quite disturbing. If there is a good default value for this option (and > even if there was not), I'd rather have consistent default values in > both places. Well, for RHEL at least, we wanted to make things continue to work as they did before. That means configuring autofs to default to nobrowse. I'm not sure why the daemon defaults to browsing. > Last issue, I can't find a correct description on what this option does > exactly anywhere :) http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0211/6m6nc66nc?a=view Scroll down to the section entitled, "Browsing." Cheers, Jeff _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list autofs@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
