autofs mount point on same box?

[Bob Marcan]

On Sun, 5 May 2013 15:36:37 +0100
Frank Murphy <frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can a autofs mountpoint be used on the same pc?
> man autofs if from 1997, still talks about ~/init*
> 
> Box has:
> /md0 (boot,/)
> /md1 (home)
> /md2 (/shareyumcache)
> /dev/sdg (swap) [can't see a benefit in raiding swap]
> 
> I want to use autofs to mount /md2 
> into "/var/cache" so the result is:
> /var/cache/yum/...
> 
> autofs.shareyum
> yum  (mount options)  127.0.0.1://shareyumcache 
> would that be correct?
> 

From my config:
/etc/auto.master
/misc	/etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 --ghost

/etc/auto.misc
WDC160		-fstype=auto,noatime,nodiratime			:/dev/disk/by-label/WDC160
WD500-Canyon		-fstype=auto,noatime,nodiratime			:/dev/disk/by-label/WD500-Canyon
WD500-MyBook		-fstype=auto,noatime,nodiratime			:/dev/disk/by-label/WD500-MyBook

Another way (from man mount):
...
	  The bind mounts.
		    Since Linux 2.4.0 it is possible to remount part of the file hierarchy some-
		    where else. The call is
				 mount --bind olddir newdir
		    or shortoption
				 mount -B olddir newdir
		    or fstab entry is:
				 /olddir /newdir none bind
...


BR, Bob