On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 11:12 +0200, Stef Bon wrote: > Ian Kent wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:53 +0800, Ian Kent wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 10:32 +0200, Stef Bon wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> when I read the manpage for auto.master (and other docs) I see that I > >>> can include another master file by doing: > >>> > >>> +auto.master > >>> > >>> The comment says that by doing so, the you can specify a master map > >>> which is found using > >>> nsswitch sources. > >>> What happens then? Where does it look then? > >>> > >> If you have a line in /etc/nsswitch.conf like: > >> > >> automount: files nis > >> > >> it will look in /etc for auto.master (files) and try to connect to a nis > >> server and ask for auto.master. > >> > > > > There's actually a bit more to it than that because of the possibility > > of different actions, such as continuing or returning when a source is > > found or not. > > > Thanks a lot for the info. > > Stef Bon > > BTW I'm working on documentating the construction I'm using right now. > It's not ready, but when I'm happy, I will also > redo the already existing documentation on howtoforge. >
Did you know I have domain autofs.net. Some time ago now I started a wiki but never went far enough to make it usable. http://wiki.autofs.net/ is still responding but is, of course, light on when it comes to useful doco, and I think out of date. Ian _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
