>Mounts under /net are derived from the filesystems actually shared
>from the servers; the automount daemon uses the MOUNT protocol to
>determine this.  If you're looking at a path not already seen, the
>information will be fresh, but that's where the good news ends.
>We don't refresh this information reliably, so if you add a new
>share in a directory we've already scanned, you won't see it until
>the mounts time out and are removed.  We should refresh this data
>more readily and no matter what the source of data.


I know that, yes, but why can't we put such an abstraction elsewhere in
the name space?  One thing I have always disliked about /net mounts is
that they're too magical; it should be possible to replicate them
in some form in other mount maps.

Casper

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