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Jeff,
I am sorry about sending this directly to you, but I have not been able
to post anything to the autofs mailing list in quite awhile. I think I
will unsubscribe then resubscribe. Would you please post this for me?
Thanks
Wayne
> ______________________________________________
> From: Murata, Dennis
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:06 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Advise for multiple directory/multi-map mounts
>
> After reading the FAQ and various postings from this group, there are
> a couple of options that I need advise with the approved syntax and
> any recommendations for either one of the options.
>
> auto.master entry:
> /foo /etc/auto.foo
> indirect map auto.foo:
> * -fstype=nfs,rsize=32768,tcp server1:/foo1/& server2:/foo2/&
>
> Server1 and server2 may or may not be the same server, but the server
> directories foo1 and foo2 are definitely distinct. The subdirectories
> under foo1 and foo2 do not have overlapping names, but may be moved
> from one server foo1, to the other server directory foo2. I want it
> to appear transparently to the client. Because directories are going
> to be moved, should no_subtree_check be used?
>
> The second option I see would use multi-maps.
>
> auto.master entry:
> /foo multi: file /etc/auto.foo -- yp map.in.nis
> file /etc/auto.foo
> * -fstype=nfs,rsize=32768,tcp server1:/foo1/&
> NIS map auto.foo
> * -fstype=nfs,rsize=32768,tcp server2:/foo2/&
>
> I have never used multi-maps, but would it also be possible to use the
> following:
>
> auto.master entry:
> /foo multi: file /etc/auto.foo1 -- file /etc/auto.foo2
> file /etc/auto.foo1
> * -fstype=nfs,rsize=32768,tcp server1:/foo1/&
> file /etc/auto.foo2
> * -fstype=nfs,rsize=32768,tcp server2:/foo2/&
>
> Any and all advice and recommendations are greatly appreciated.
>
> Wayne Murata
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