Thanks Ian. Hopefully it can be used down the road. If you ever do need a
tester, I'm always available, and I have access to multiple nisplus
domains that differ from the primary one. I know nisplus is not a hot item
in the world of linux and autofs. Thanks again.
Ryan
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Ryan Pisani wrote:
>
>> Hello -
>> I'm new to this list so please forgive me if I do anything out of the
>> norm. For the last year and a half I've been applying a fix the
>> lookup_nisplus.so source to allow for non-standard nisplus maps. The map
>> extension org_dir is hardcoded in the current and previous source as to
>> always assume .org_dir to any preceding map name like passwd, hosts,
>> etc.
>> It occurred to me this morning that maybe I could get this changed in
>> the
>> native autofs package so that I don't have to keep patching rpms for
>> every
>> release of RHEL we use at work. Anyhow, I contacted Redhat and they
>> stated
>> this would be the proper place to suggest a patch. Below you'll find the
>> patch to C source based on autofs 4.1.3. I know nisplus is probably
>> rarely
>> used on Linux in most environments, but unfortunately I'm stuck with it
>> in
>> mine. Please let me know if there is any way to have this patch
>> verified,
>> and possibly included in future releases.
>>
>
> Hi Ryan,
>
> Thanks for your patch.
>
> I have to admit my maintenance of the nisplus code has been poor.
> I've received a few patches over the last couple of years and haven't been
> able to merge any.
>
> Priorities, not knowing nisplus myself and the complete lack of the
> ability to test has been the main problem. At one point I tried to
> work with someone on this but it rapidly became too hard.
>
> atm the priority is getting the basic functionality expected of an
> automounter sorted out. Linux autofs just hasn't got it and I've been
> responsible for it for quite a while now so it's way past time to get it
> done.
>
> So all I can say is I've filed it and hope to get to it.
>
> Sorry, for now at least.
>
> Ian
>
>> regards,
>>
>> Ryan Pisani
>>
>>
>>
>> #autofs-nisplus.patch
>> --- autofs-4.1.3.orig/modules/lookup_nisplus.c 2004-01-29
>> 10:01:22.000000000 -0
>> 600
>> +++ autofs-4.1.3/modules/lookup_nisplus.c 2005-06-16
>> 13:48:26.000000000 -0
>> 500
>> @@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
>>
>> debug(MODPREFIX "looking up %s", name);
>>
>> - sprintf(tablename, "[key=%s],%s.org_dir.%s", name,
>> ctxt->mapname,
>> + sprintf(tablename, "[key=%s],%s.%s", name, ctxt->mapname,
>> ctxt->domainname);
>>
>> result = nis_list(tablename, FOLLOW_PATH | FOLLOW_LINKS, NULL,
>> NULL);
>> if (result->status != NIS_SUCCESS && result->status !=
>> NIS_S_SUCCESS) {
>> /* Try to get the "*" entry if there is one - note that
>> we
>> *don'
>> t*
>> modify "name" so & -> the name we used, not "*" */
>> - sprintf(tablename, "[key=*],%s.org_dir.%s",
>> ctxt->mapname,
>> + sprintf(tablename, "[key=*],%s.%s", ctxt->mapname,
>> ctxt->domainname);
>> result = nis_list(tablename, FOLLOW_PATH | FOLLOW_LINKS,
>> NULL, N
>> ULL);
>> }
>>
>> ###END PATCH
>>
>>
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