Clif Smith wrote:

I'm in a large heterogeneous environment located across multiple locations. I use NIS maps such as:
/home -rw austin:/export/home boston:/export/home phoenix:/export/home


with the following in /etc/auto.master:
/nis      yp      auto_indirect_nis

With AIX and Solaris, automounter chooses the server with the fewest
hops to determine which server to mount from. Unfortunately, it appears
Suse's 8.1 implementation of automounter (v3.1.7-556) seems to choose the first listed.


Has anyone run into this before?


Yes, it is called replicated server.

It is supported in the autofs-4.1.x family.  You should upgrade.

Disclaimer: The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak on behalf of Intel on this matter.

Michael

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