Hi All, Announcing the third release of the AMD automounter for Linux. What is an automounter ?? Well briefly put, it allows you to dynamically nfs (or even minix/ext{2}/msdos...) mount file systems on demand - i.e it is able to mount a home directory from a nfs server when a user requires it, and unmount it after a user defined period of time after it is deemed inactive. This reduces load both on the client and server. There are numerous features far too many to mention in fact, so I will let you read the documentation included. The `amd' package _requires_ that you have the NFS option in your kernel when it was compiled. You do NOT need to run mountd or nfsd except if you require other machines to mount yours. You however _do_ need /etc/portmap running _before_ you start `amd'. This finally fixes ALL known bugs (I have discovered). Most notably the direct automounts. If you have had problems before with "direct" mounts, please try this version. Also there was a bug (whoops I meant "feature") in kernels prior to 0.99.12 which made "direct" mounts unmountable. This has now been fixed. If you do not use "direct" mounts this binary will still work as expected. It is also worth mentioning that as GNU's getopt() behavior has stumped quite a few people. You should use -- to stop getopt from incorrectly parsing some options. It is now on sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/amd920824upl67-linux.tar.gz but may be moved at some point in time to /pub/Linux/system/Misc/mount/amd920824upl67-linux.tar.gz It is also on nic.funet.fi but it is hidden until the archive maintainer (Arl) moves it appropriately. It will be available under nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/tools/amd920824upl67-linux.tar.gz The old(er) postscript documentation I uploaded to sunsite and nic is still valid. I said this last time, but I will say it again :-) This should be the final patches submitted to the AMD authors. (Actually this time was only 2 lines with *no* source code changes) Warning: You need a fs with > 30 char limit to extract/build the source. Due to popular demand I have included ready to run binaries. This should be sufficient for ANY type of file system you have compiled into your kernel, as I have made it possible to specify type=???? in the opts:= line in your maps. Mitch m.dsouza@mrc-apu.cam.ac.uk