On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 05:24:06PM -0700, Jim Pirzyk wrote:
> I was wondering if there is anyone working on AutoFS for FreeBSD. We
> currently have 4 studios with around 1000 unix systems of all kinds.
> Currently there are only 2 OSes that do not have autofs, FreeBSD and one
> that is known for its number crunching capabilties (and those are being
> phased out of production). Amd will not meet our needs because of the
> use of sym links. This is why AutoFS was written in the first place.
> I quote the 1993 USENIX paper on AutoFS (check
>
>http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/cinci93/full_papers/callaghan.txt
> for the full paper).
>
Do you mean amd(8)?
AMD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual AMD(8)
NAME
amd - automatically mount file systems
...
DESCRIPTION
Amd is a daemon that automatically mounts filesystems whenever a file or
directory within that filesystem is accessed. Filesystems are automati-
cally unmounted when they appear to be quiescent.
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HISTORY
The amd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD April 19, 1994 3
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