> I implemented a quick hack at my site to get "hosts" functionality.
>
> Here is the relevent entry from my auto.master file:
>
> /net /etc/auto.net
>
> Here is my /etc/auto.net (which is executable, so the "program-type" map
> is used:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> if /usr/bin/ypmatch $1 hosts.byname 2>/dev/null 1>&2
> then
> echo $1:/
> fi
>
> I am using yellow-pages here to basically see if the host exists. It
> would be better (but even slower) to use nslookup.
>
> So now I can do the standard:
>
> ls /net/<hostname>
>
> stuff.
>
> Hope this helps. Anybody have a better "hack"?
>
> Andrew
This kind of stuff can be trivially implemented in an autofs module
using gethostbyname(); that would be faster. The problem is that most
hosts don't export /, or require multiple filesystems mounted.
If there is utility in the very simple solution, let me know and I'll
hack it up right away.
-hpa
