Bryan Whitehead wrote:
David Walser wrote:
Bryan Whitehead wrote:
Bryan Whitehead wrote:
am-utils is a very much-needed package for Linux to integrate into big "UNIX shops".
NASA/JPL (at least in my section) is a big "UNIX Shop". Wiothout am-utils we are pretty screwed... is there a reason this package was removed from 9.2 ? Has it just been renamed?
BTW, this package was removed from 9.1 also. I made my own RPM from the only in 9.0, but it's still a hassle.
When I reccomend Mandrake to other admins the first thing they ask is "Where fsck is am-utils"? I then send them some RPM's... But it would be nice if it was shipped standard...
And you are using it instead of autofs because...?
Because autofs is very limited. Example:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ cd /net/hermes [EMAIL PROTECTED] hermes]$ ls home/
does hermes only export one mountpoint? Here is a typical machine at JPL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cd /net/s383 [EMAIL PROTECTED] s383]$ ls export/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] s383]$ ls export/ home1/ home6/ proj1/ proj14/ proj2/ proj24/ proj29/ proj5/ home2/ home7/ proj10/ proj15/ proj20/ proj25/ proj3/ proj6/ home3/ home8/ proj11/ proj17/ proj21/ proj26/ proj30/ proj7/ home4/ mail/ proj12/ proj18/ proj22/ proj27/ proj31/ proj8/ home5/ opt/ proj13/ proj19/ proj23/ proj28/ proj4/ proj9/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] s383]$
home1, home2, etc etc are all different disk arrays and mount points with different export options to different machines.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] hermes]$ cd /net/hercules [EMAIL PROTECTED] hercules]$ ls home/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] hercules]$ ls home/ groups/ projects/ users/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] hercules]$ cd ../ftp [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftp]$ ls var/
(using the default autofs config, plus our own maps in LDAP which handle /cae - ordinarily I don't ever go in /net since most stuff I need is under /cae and linked into /home, so these were automounted by autofs)
Thanks for showing me the world of "every machine has a LDAP entry".
But I live in the world of NIS and DNS name resolution; with the addition of possible exports that are associated with neither...
The defualt config also has some things under /misc (cdrom,floppy).
BTW, if you choose LDAP auth during install, you should now get autofs installed, and if you have LDAP automount maps setup well, they should work out-the-box (I still need to test this though ...).
Maybe David Walser can comment on some of these actions would be worthwhile for NIS also (although it may be too late).
If you can show me how I can get this working with autofs (with NIS or without NIS)... Then I'll eat crow and shutup...
Now lets say a computer outside your org (not in your LDAP, or NIS) exports NFS to you; can you do this:
cd /net/<some-machine.jpl.nasa.gov>/ and browse?
What about an IP?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ cd /net/137.78.61.94/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 137.78.61.94]$ ls export/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 137.78.61.94]$
With am-utils I can browse any machine in the world that allows me to NFS mount regardless of it's entry in NIS or LDAP or DNS or "autofs map"...
-- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry and Large Optical Systems Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
