Tim wrote: >> Incidentally, the sample /etc/auto.master in Fedora-14 >> ends with the line >> +auto.master >> but I've been unable to find any explanation of this. > > See man auto.master ... > Additionally, a map may be included from its source as if it were > it- self present in the master map by including a line of the form: > + [map- type,format:]map[options] and automount(8) will process the > map accord- ing to the specification described below for map > entries. I read this to say that the line "+whatever" just appends the file "whatever" to the auto.master file. So I would expect "+auto.master" to start an infinite loop, reading the file over and over again. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines