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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: jon@jonshouse.co.uk
Cc: coreutils@gnu.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Feature request, "create on mount" to create mount point directory on mount, implied remove on unmount
Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:56:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <172423.1436043394@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:01:59 +0100." <1435924919.6501.432.camel@jonspc>

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On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:01:59 +0100, jon said:
> Hi, could I make a hugely nieve user request :-)
>
> Would it be possible to add a new mount option to everything?
>
> New mount option 'com' = "create on mount" (implied remove on unmount).
>
>
> Example fstab entry
> /mounts/amountpoint	LABEL=notalwayshere	ext4,com

I'll bite.  What system administration problem does this solve?

In particular, automount has been around in one form or another *at least*
since SunOS3.2 in the mid 80's, and I have seen it work with huge user maps
(10k+ users). How did it cope for 30+ years without this feature?


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  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-05  8:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-03 12:01 Feature request, "create on mount" to create mount point directory on mount, implied remove on unmount jon
2015-07-04 20:56 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2015-07-04 22:48   ` jon
2015-07-05 14:29     ` Al Viro
2015-07-05 15:46       ` jon
2015-07-05 17:39         ` Al Viro
2015-07-05 23:35           ` jon
2015-07-06  1:08             ` Al Viro
2015-07-06  2:34               ` jon
2015-07-06  3:07                 ` Al Viro
2015-07-06  5:40                 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2015-07-15 14:38     ` Karel Zak

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