On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 22:11 -0400, Daniel Richard G. wrote: > 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?
This is part of the original autofs implementation so it's definitely available in v4 and so must be carried through to v5 for backward compatibility. And having a quick look at the code suggests that it could be made to function the way you require with some minor changes. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
