Jeff Moyer wrote:
Guillaume.Rousse> OK, I understand they have different nature, so they
Guillaume.Rousse> can't have the exact same naming scheme. But if auto.smb
Guillaume.Rousse> and auto.smb are exemple, they should not get installed,
Guillaume.Rousse> and especially not among configuration files whereas they
Guillaume.Rousse> are executables programs.
Guillaume.Rousse> I'd rather have called ldap.master.map, smb.user.map and
Guillaume.Rousse> net.user.map, or something similar, and have them
Guillaume.Rousse> installed in the same place.
You can modify auto.net or auto.smb to suit your needs. In that sense,
they are user-configurable automounter maps, and belong with the other
maps. I understand that autofs configuration is a bit overwhelming, and
the documentation is lacking. Perhaps we should focus on improving the
documentation.
This does still look like a poor hack: if they are supposed to be
adaptable to specific user needs, they should use a configuration file.
And if the not flexible enough, be kept as exemples in congifuration,
not installed by default (especially if not automatically used).
And yes, documentation could get improved :)
The master map and the maps that are contained in the master map have a
different syntax.
Second, it's not clear why ldap and nis use are triggered from the
content of /etc/nsswitch.conf, while smb and net (simple rpcinfo
listing) use are triggered from content of /etc/auto.master. Shouldn't
all those syntax be available from both locations?
Master vs client maps again.
Guillaume.Rousse> According to my init script understanding, however, it
Guillaume.Rousse> seems you can't refer to LDAP user maps from
Guillaume.Rousse> /etc/auto.master, whereas you can refer to NIS user maps
Guillaume.Rousse> from there, using a syntax such as '+foobar', which is
Guillaume.Rousse> not documented in auto.master man page.
Your understanding is wholly incorrect. The following web sites are good
references that I use frequently. I hope they are helpful to you.
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-3479/6j3agk1v5?q=autofs&a=view
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0211/6m6nc66nc?a=view
http://www.ldapguru.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2029&forum=6
Thanks for the explanation, I understand better. Let me rephrase:
- it is possible to refer to additional NIS master map from
/etc/auto.master, using a syntax not described in auto.master man page.
- it is not possible to do the same with ldap
Is this more correct ?
BTW, the default init script is quite ugly, it calls catnismap with each
additional NIS master map each time a line is found beginning with '+'.
I'd suggest instead something as:
if [ -f /etc/auto.master ] ; then
awk '/^[^#]/{print $0}' /etc/auto.master | (
while read line
do
if [[ "$line" == +* ]]; then
catnismap ${line:1}
else
echo $line
fi
done
)
fi
It uses bash-specific constructs, but this is a bash script after all.
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