H. Peter Anvin writes:
> Richard Gooch wrote:
> > >
> > > Reading /etc/nsswitch.conf seems like the right thing to do.
> >
> > That would have caused more frustration, since (as someone has already
> > pointed out) the autofs script didn't look at /etc/nsswitch.conf.
> > The if/else test was hardwired into the autofs script, so the only way
> > I could get my auto.master NIS map to be used at all was to remove
> > /etc/auto.master (a good idea anyway since it was creating silly
> > "sample" maps) or edit the script (evil).
>
> It still seems like the right thing to do.
Erm, what is? Do you mean:
- controlling which master maps are used via /etc/nsswitch.conf is the
right thing to do
OR
- removing /etc/auto.master so that the NIS auto.master map is
consulted
OR
- editing the autofs script so that the NIS auto.master map is
consulted?
Regards,
Richard....
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