Isn't Linux convention /etc/rc3.d/init.d/autofs start
?. /etc/init.d/autofs is Solaris.
--- "Michael G. Noble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> kinneret Cohen-Netanya Design wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have installed autofs-3.1.7 and tryed also
> autofs-3.1.6,
> >
> > when I try to run : /etc/init.d/autofs start, No
> daemon is running.
> >
> > I am working with nis automount maps , Solaris
> 2.6.
> >
> > This is my first time working with Linux, and I
> wont the linux will be
> > able to read automount map
> >
> > Where is my mistake?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kinneret.
>
> I have Linux reading automount maps from my Solaris,
> what the problem is
> probably that
> your maps have '_' in them. In order for Linux
> autofs to work they must
> have '.'. This
> is the old old SunOS style. BTW you will not get it
> to read your
> auto.direct as Linux does
> not support that at this time. What I have done to
> get around the '_'
> was to make the
> map exported as auto.home along with the standard
> auto_home. That way
> both are happy
> and work fine.
> I do not know why they picked such an old autofs
> style to support, but
> those are a few
> work arounds.
>
> Mike
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