- 5.0.3 with few official patches. ldap fixes needed

[packages/autofs.git] / autofs-5.0.2-fix-mount-nfs-nosymlink.patch

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c6ab15f..5aee44c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 - fix large file compile time option.
 - don't fail on empty master map.
 - add support for the "%" hack for case insensitive attribute schemas.
+- fix "nosymlink" option handling and add desription to man page.
 
 18/06/2007 autofs-5.0.2
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diff --git a/man/auto.master.5.in b/man/auto.master.5.in
index 98afaa9..69c796e 100644
--- a/man/auto.master.5.in
+++ b/man/auto.master.5.in
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Treat errors when mounting file systems as fatal. This is important when
 multiple file systems should be mounted (`multimounts'). If this option
 is given, no file system is mounted at all if at least one file system
 can't be mounted.
+.TP
+.I "nosymlink"
+This is an autofs specific option that is a pseudo mount option and
+so is given without a leading dash. Historically this option was used
+to prevent symlinking of local NFS mounts. Nowadays it can be used to
+prevent bind mounting of local NFS filesystems as well. If you need to
+prevent bind mounting for only specific entrys in a map then this
+can be done by adding the "port=" mount option to the given entries.
 .SH GENERAL SYSTEM DEFAULTS CONFIGURATION
 .P
 The default value of several general settings may be changed in the
diff --git a/modules/mount_nfs.c b/modules/mount_nfs.c
index 25f72b9..e7a9a8a 100644
--- a/modules/mount_nfs.c
+++ b/modules/mount_nfs.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int mount_mount(struct autofs_point *ap, const char *root, const char *name, int
 			port_opt = strstr(nfsoptions, "port=");
 
 		/* Port option specified, don't try to bind */
-		if (!port_opt && this->proximity == PROXIMITY_LOCAL) {
+		if (!nosymlink && !port_opt && this->proximity == PROXIMITY_LOCAL) {
 			/* Local host -- do a "bind" */
 			const char *bind_options = ro ? "ro" : "";