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>1. Introduction</H1
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><EM
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>Autodir</EM
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> offers a simple and effective means to create directories like home directories in a transparent manner. It relies on the <A
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>autofs</A
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> protocol for its operation.</P
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>This document explains how to create directories on demand using <EM
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>Autodir</EM
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> in a transparent way to the applications. This document also explains using the transparent backup feature that is possible with <EM
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>Autodir</EM
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>, without system downtime for backup purpose; this applies for all directories managed by <EM
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>Autodir</EM
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>.</P
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>1.1. Copyright and License</H2
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> This document, <EM
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>Autodir HOWTO</EM
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>,
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is copyrighted (c) 2004 by <EM
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>Venkata Ramana Enaganti</EM
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view a copy of this license, visit <A
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>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</A
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> or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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</P
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> Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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>1.2. Disclaimer</H2
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> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
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Use the concepts, examples and information at your own risk.
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There may be errors and inaccuracies, that could be damaging to
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your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly
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unlikely, the author(s) do not take any responsibility.
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> All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners,
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unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this
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document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any
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trademark or service mark. Naming of particular products or
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>1.3. Feedback</H2
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> Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Send
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your additions, comments and criticisms to the following
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email address : <TT
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>ramana <> intraperson dot com</A
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>1.4. New Versions of this Document</H2
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>The latest version of this HOWTO will be made available from <A
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>http://www.intraperson.com/autodir/</A
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>1.5. Credits / Contributors</H2
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> In this document, I have the pleasure of acknowledging for language and technical review work:
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>Rahul Sundaram<TT
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>rahulsundaram@yahoo.co.in</A
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>Machtelt Garrels</P
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