On Thu, 4 May 2006, Rigler, Stephen C. wrote: > 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
What do you have in the nsswitch.conf automount: entry? You probably already know this but ... The default master map is /etc/auto.master but that can be changed by setting DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME in the config or giving it on the command line for automount. Setting DEFAULT_MASTER_MAP_NAME=auto.master and automount: nis should do the trick. However if you had automount: files nis and /etc/auto.master exists with a +auto.master it will probably get it wrong in a strange way. Maybe that's what is happening? It would be good if we could check this out a bit further and find out what's going wrong. I'm sure there's something I need to fix. > 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 > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
