autofs-5.0.7 - improve timeout option description From: Ian Kent The description of the configuration option is a little misleading. So add some explaination about the internal default and the reason the default installed configuration overrides it. --- CHANGELOG | 1 + man/auto.master.5.in | 5 ++++- man/automount.8 | 5 ++++- redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in | 5 ++++- samples/autofs.conf.default.in | 5 ++++- 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/CHANGELOG +++ autofs-5.0.7/CHANGELOG @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ - fix portmap lookup. - only probe specific nfs version if requested. - fix ipv6 libtirpc getport. +- improve timeout option description. 25/07/2012 autofs-5.0.7 ======================= --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/man/auto.master.5.in +++ autofs-5.0.7/man/auto.master.5.in @@ -212,7 +212,10 @@ configuration file They are: .TP .B TIMEOUT -sets the default mount timeout (program default 600). +Sets the default mount timeout in seconds. The internal program +default is 10 minutes, but the default installed configuration +overrides this and sets the timeout to 5 minutes to be consistent +with earlier autofs releases. .TP .B NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT Set the default timeout for caching failed key lookups (program default --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/man/automount.8 +++ autofs-5.0.7/man/automount.8 @@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ Print brief help on program usage. .I "\-p, \-\-pid-file" Write the pid of the daemon to the specified file. .TP -.I "\-t, \-\-timeout" +.I "\-t , \-\-timeout " Set the global minimum timeout, in seconds, until directories are unmounted. The default is 10 minutes. Setting the timeout to zero disables umounts completely. +The internal program default is 10 minutes, but the default +installed configuration overrides this and sets the timeout +to 5 minutes to be consistent with earlier autofs releases. .TP .I "\-n , \-\-negative\-timeout " Set the default timeout for caching failed key lookups. The default is 60 seconds. --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in +++ autofs-5.0.7/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in @@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ # #MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master" # -# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600). +# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout in secons. The internal +# program default is 10 minutes, but the default installed +# configuration overrides this and sets the timeout to 5 +# minutes to be consistent with earlier autofs releases. # TIMEOUT=300 # --- autofs-5.0.7.orig/samples/autofs.conf.default.in +++ autofs-5.0.7/samples/autofs.conf.default.in @@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ # #MASTER_MAP_NAME="auto.master" # -# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout (default 600). +# TIMEOUT - set the default mount timeout in secons. The internal +# program default is 10 minutes, but the default installed +# configuration overrides this and sets the timeout to 5 +# minutes to be consistent with earlier autofs releases. # TIMEOUT=300 #