From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752093AbbGEIjC (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Jul 2015 04:39:02 -0400 Received: from outbound.smtp.vt.edu ([198.82.183.121]:46584 "EHLO omr2.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752135AbbGEIix (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Jul 2015 04:38:53 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.6+dev 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 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:01:59 +0100." <1435924919.6501.432.camel@jonspc> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1435924919.6501.432.camel@jonspc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1436043394_26307P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2015 16:56:34 -0400 Message-ID: <172423.1436043394@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1436043394_26307P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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? --==_Exmh_1436043394_26307P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQIVAwUBVZhIggdmEQWDXROgAQKwmBAAvSHmlhE2O6CY5E6kYwhrX1wdtZbyxV1x Bp5NA8Q62WXYV+cxH6bM+KhEcAkPMB17QKS/rJvkD6nMD9y4NxNLAXt0JV+qX+J+ UTlf+4XUfOdKInMPVab5SKSKj9VcAmwAaMzF7HXPqoivF5ylQOstzLvrJM1d+7nv RpIFP9mhTiYEfKipupHA0SWB4vZuiNm2Bd6gXnCfgPF99xJjOvNo0MwCc87LBxuZ bW8BbL6xzhhD9AeiFrfyZmicFmh7XFEszMam5ShMTefRzjiBp4tiVqQJYB2Ux8WK FrbLOtqvTf9v8NdxpuCGueaYHagoakxvdeuXTSXjnjbh6BKJ9lHYuO8YRup34Lve X736hgw9fmDBTJMBtzeg23nAvPUAOZvxW0CaSRyeEBs5qjRDepjiTs06wuLI0P8j d/bC6UgVe/KgkJiY4qp55f/a8Z45XGlXQxH+RCoV8LIo3lGkLliMnW1l2fRDW5ID 3VPlYqx2lMqfXoZicKw99p3RP/XQLyDYhZo00Wo4Le94RC07fr6ROyAngIBiV7RB n59cBLBp8iWWNb4zI+FaXO5osw7aKJc5hIkPtBMDOaAQkf8AnktITInnNjNjxiJ8 ZCY0bYMS+xkoWL6fGUP0TkYF90jIvkEU7Y8OBwSy2zR5wc4MmjmsT3e054q7IK3M RwI/O19iUf4= =kNZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1436043394_26307P--