I have it installed on one FC5 machine running the vanilla 2.6.16.12 kernel patched with the autofs4-2.6.16-v5 patch.
Operationally everything seems good so far. I like how the direct mounts are ghosted (which is consistent behavior with the other unixes we run). The only issue I had was with parsing of auto.master. We get our auto.master from NIS and automount didn't seem to want to parse it even when specifying "+auto.master" in /etc/auto.master. I ended up ypcat'ing auto.master into the local file and it now handles all of our maps. -Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Kent > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:35 AM > To: autofs mailing list > Cc: linux-fsdevel > Subject: [autofs] [ANNOUNCE] autofs 5.0.0 beta1 > > > Hi all, > > I've finally got to a point where I can release a beta of > autofs 5.0.0. > > I would really appreciate some real world testing of this > so I hope some of you are able to help. > > Feedback is welcome. > > autofs > ====== > > For the moment the package can be found at: > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/v4 > > It is autofs-5.0.0_beta1.tar.[gz|bz2] > > No source rpm is there as it can be produced by using: > > rpmbuild -ts autofs-5.0.0_beta1.tar.gz > > and the binary rpm by using: > > rpmbuild -tb autofs-5.0.0_beta1.tar.gz > > See the INSTALL file for information about configure options and > kernel requirements. > > I have no way to test the Gentoo portage build and the build > files will need to be modified for beta1. It would be great > if someone could get this working and forward a patch before > the final release. > > Here is the README.v5.release which outlines the changes: > > autofs-5.0.0 beta1 release notes > ================================ > > Differences between version 4 and version 5. > > - Master map is now read and parsed by the `automount' daemon > - the parameters for the `automount' daemon are now very different. > See automount(8). > > - The `automount' daemon is now a multi-threaded application and so > appears as a single process (unless a thread process display option > is used). > > - `autofs' filesystem mounts only appear in /proc/mounts and not > /etc/mtab. If you have a large number of entries in a direct mount > map and link /etc/mtab to /proc/mounts you may see performance > degradation. > > - `autofs' version 5.0.0 will refuse to run if it cannot find an > autofs4 kernel module that supports protocol version 5.00 or above. > > New in 5.0.0 is: > > - improved direct mount map support > - single level map entries now work as expected. > - top level directory of direct mount heirachy no longer obscurses > directory tree below. > > - `+' map inclusion > - maps preceded by a `+' in file maps may now be included inline. > - implemented for the master map and mount maps. > > - added nsswitch map source support > - is now used to locate maps if no map source is given in their > specification. > - is used for bothe master map and mount maps. > > - rewrote multi-mount map code > - multi-mount map entry offsets now mount and expire indpendently > instead of having to mount and umount all offset entries at once. > > - added LDAP encryption and authentication support > - needs to be enabled using a configure option. > - a configuration file specifies whether encryption and > authentication > is to be used (see INSTALL and auto.master(5) for more > information). > > - improved shutdown and restart > - needs to be enabled using a configure option. > - see INSTALL for more information. > > - a "hosts" map module has been added > - an entry like "/net -hosts" is now understood and uses the new > multi-mount semantics for lazy mount/umount of exports > from the host. > - the implementation is quite simple minded at this stage > and will need > refinment. It just iterates through the host table and > addes any host > names it finds to the internal map. > > Things not yet done > =================== > > - I have no way to test the Gentoo setup here anymore so it is unlikey > to work. Patches from anyone who needs this are welcome. > > - the underscore to dot translation has not been added yet. > > - there's a problen with the calcuation of the best host in replicated > server selection. > > - all the things I've broken and not re-tested after further > development! > > > Ian > > > _______________________________________________ > autofs mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > > > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
