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From: Thomas Jahns <Thomas.Jahns@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Limit on return string from program map
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:40:08 +0000
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On 12/17/04 16:19:30, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>>> the string that automount expects from a program map.  My virtual
>>> CD server has lots of CD images mounted over loopback, each with  
>>> its own export entry, so the return string from auto.net is quite  
>>> long.
> 
> raven> The buffer size for map entries is 4096.

not sure it's related: wasn't there also a very small limit on the  
number of loop-devices?

Thomas Jahns
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