On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 12:57 -0500, Wolfe, Allan wrote:
> Multiple search paths would be beneficial as well for service search
> descriptor support.   e.g.:
> "ou=autofs,ou=services,dc=example,dc=com:ou=autofs_group1,ou=services,dc
> =example,dc=com"

I'm about to start work on this so specification of (multiple) basedn
will be possible.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Gao
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:44 PM
> To: Ian Kent
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [autofs] basedn in /etc/sysconfig/autofs
> 
> Ian Kent wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 10:15 +0800, wengang wang wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >> A custom complained that:
> >> //<==
> >> In RHEL4 it was possible to set a "basedn" variable in the 
> >> /etc/sysconfig/autofs file which served as a basedn for LDAP lookups 
> >> performed by the automounter.
> >>
> >> However, this has been removed in RHEL5.
> >> //<==
> >> It is true that setting it in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf is an 
> >> alternative,
> >>     
> >
> > No.
> >
> >   
> >> the custom doesn't want do as that because /etc/openldap/ldap.conf is
> 
> >> automatically edited by the redhat config tools authconfig and 
> >> system-config-authentication.
> >> So I want to know for what the basedn is removed from 
> >> /etc/sysconfig/autofs.  I checked all the change logs and readmes in 
> >> autofs-5.0.1, but didn't find basedn metioned.
> >>     
> >
> > In version 5 the base dn is calculated, depending on how you specify 
> > the map.
> >
> > Describe the problem and I'll try and give a sensible answer.
> >
> > Ian
> >   
> I also have a related question about basedn in /etc/sysconfig/autofs.
> 
> You can put in root level basedn like "dc=example,dc=com", or more lower
> level like "ou=autofs,ou=services,dc=example,dc=com". Would later case
> help the search by being more specific and therefore getting autofs map
> lot quicker? Or it makes not significant difference?
> 
> Simon
> 
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