On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Ian Kent <ra...@themaw.net> wrote: > It seems that autofs v5 doesn't read an indirect map into the cache > > unless ghosting is enabled, so I'm thinking about adding a map option > > to force the read. Has the file map reloading logic changed > > significantly since autofs v4? > > It's a bit hard to give a good answer to that as there have been so many > changes but, having said that, it shouldn't have changed much except for > the obvious one that it tries not to read the entire map unless it has > to. Adding the "--ghost" or "browse" option will cause it to read the > entire map. Also, the internal default, which is "browse" enabled by > default, is overridden by the default installed configuration with > BROWSE_MODE="no" so v5 behaves the same as v4.
Sorry, I meant the logic that reloads the file map if it's been modified. I know that autofs v4 checked the mtime, but I can't see where autofs v5 does that.
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