Very Computer

It seems that the command "df" doesn't work on file systems which
are automounted from the local host. The result is always

        Could not find mount point for .

Is this a know error? On the SunSolve CD I found quite a few remarks
about "df", but nothing about local automounted file systems.

To find out on which physical file system I'm standing currently I'm
used to type in "df .", which doesn't work. What a shame.

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         GMD-SET
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For each entry in the auto.vol map we created a symbolic link in the
server's /export/vol directory, and we used this link in the
auto.vol map, e.g.:

   % cd /export/vol
   % ls -l X11R5
   X11R5 -> /files2/X11R5
   % grep X11R5 /etc/auto.vol
   X11R5   borneo:/export/vol/X11R5

So we didn't use the actual directory in auto.vol, but the symbolic
link. This was done for historical reasons... This works without any
problems, except the df problem given above.

We now changed our entries in the automounter maps to refer to the
actual directories, e.g.

   X11R5   borneo:/files2/X11R5

and now "df ." works again.

So our problem was mounting FROM a symbolic link. On the SunSolve CD
I found a bug description about the same problem when mounting ONTO a
symbolic link. So it seems that there's a general problem in using
symbolic links for automounts.

Thanks to all who replied.

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         GMD-SET
   Schloss Birlinghoven                      phone: (+49) 2241 14 2039
53757 St. Augustin, Germany                  fax:   (+49) 2241 14 2342
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