On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 08:15:05AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 09:46:50AM -0600, Bob Willcox wrote:
> > ...
> > > Amd is not build by default now and will be removed from base. But you
> > > can continue using it by installing sysutils/am-utils from port.
> > 
> > Thanks for the tip. I will likely go ahead and install the am-utils port as 
> > from looking
> > at the setup and features of autofs it is way more complex and does more 
> > than I need or
> > want. I've been using amd for decades now and it does exactly what I need 
> > w/o any special
> > setup or configuration required.  :)
> > ....
> 
> I had also used amd from back when I still used a SPARCStation 5 as my
> home NFS (& yp) server, but switched with little fuss to autofs --
> primarily by using symlinks into /net/${host}/..., which works (for my
> purposes) just as well with either (amd or autofs).
> 
> Peace,
> david

Thanks for the tip! That worked for me. I guess from reading the documentation
I didn't pick up on staying with the symlinks and simply changing host to net.

Thanks!
Bob

> -- 
> David H. Wolfskill                            da...@catwhisker.org
> "The Senate has abdicated its constitutional duty during the impeachment
> trial of President Donald Trump." -- Alan S. Frumin, parliamentarian
> emeritus of the US Senate
> 
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