Bug 14912 – manpage doesn't match program

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Bug 14912 - manpage doesn't match program

Summary:	manpage doesn't match program

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	autofs (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported:	2000-07-31 16:02 EDT by Richard Cobbe
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-07-31 16:02:15 EDT
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Description Richard Cobbe 2000-07-31 16:02:13 EDT

The `format' section of the auto.master(5) man page says:

Second field is the map file to be consulted for this mount-point.  This
field is  of  the  form maptype:mapname, where maptype is one of the
supported map types (file, program, yp, nisplus,  hesiod),  and mapname is
the name of the map.

However, the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs does not appear to accept this
input format.  In particular, it interprets a field of "program:auto.home"
to mean a map file named /etc/program:auto.home, rather than treating it as
a program.  It detects program map files by checking the executable bit.

Either behavior makes sense, but the docs should be consistent with the
code.

Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-07-31 16:06:00 EDT

This should already be resolved in Raw Hide, or in today's beta release, where
the autofs init script has been heavily modified to match both the documented
and expected behavior.  Please reopen this bug ID if you find that this is not
the case.

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