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"

-----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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