On Wed, 2006 Jul 12 20:03:33 +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > > > > So there's nothing going on here w.r.t. checking whether an NFS/AFS server > > is up. It's about overriding what autofs would usually do---to have a > > program map return the (special-case) local path, preempting the usual > > LDAP/Hesiod request. (And if and only if the program map gives no answer, > > go ahead and do the LDAP/Hesiod lookup.) > > OK. Maybe a multi-map entry in the master map will work for this. > > /mit program,hesiod:/sbin/myprogmap -- > ldap,hesiod://foo/ou=auto.indirect,dc=mit,dc=edu > > It should behave the way you need.
[I wasn't able to get autofs beta6 up and going to answer this, though a glance at the code implies that the answer is "no"...] Is this implemented already? Or are you saying that you'd prefer this minor extension to the master map syntax instead of allowing redundant entries? > > Why not? :) Imagine a (public, read-only) volume that's normally > > AFS-mounted, but has an NFS backup. As NFS is dead easy to set up, it's a > > good option for emergency use. > > In the same entry? > The Hesoid format can't have AFS and NFS for the same map entry can it? A single Hesiod record can't specify both, but it can handle one or the other. So if you had a situation that could return one of two possible records then this would work. --Daniel -- NAME = Daniel Richard G. ## Remember, skunks _\|/_ meef? EMAIL1 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## don't smell bad--- (/o|o\) / EMAIL2 = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## it's the people who < (^),> WWW = http://www.******.org/ ## annoy them that do! / \ -- (****** = site not yet online) _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
