Stephen Walton wrote:
> A question I can actually contribute to :-) :
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Sylvie DUPUY wrote:
>
>
>>Should I define a symbolic link between a local directory /users and the
>>different /usersi partitions on the server ? or can I use automounter on
>>the NFS server itself to automount the local /usersi on the virtual mount
>>point /users ?
>>
>
> I use the latter. Using automounter on the NFS server means that the same
> file (or NIS map) can be used on the server and clients for the users'
> home directories, and automountd handles the details. This also means
> that, for example, if one of your users' home directories move to another
> machine, the change is almost transparent. It may not be the most
> efficient technique, but for my own sanity and ease of administration, I
> definitely prefer it.
>
Actually, it's quite efficient. It's important that automount can be used
efficiently in an environment where the data store is distributed, so it
accesses local data with high efficiency, either via vfsbinds or symlinks.
-hpa
