Hello,
Thats replied :
>Why do we need an automounter? If you did not have an automounter,
>you'd mount /u/foo, /u/bar etc upon bootup from /etc/fstab. Any unix
>machines can only have a fixed number of mount points active at any
>time. Let us say, for example's sake, that this number is 32. If >you had
>50 users in NIS, you will not be able mount all 50 home >directories
>through /etc/fstab. If you expect only 10 NIS users to >be logged in at
>any moment, automounting the home directories will ensure that you do
>not reach the 32 simultaneous mount points limit. Now do you >understand
>why I stressed that automounter also unmounts NFS mount >points when they
>are no longer needed?
Yes, I understand. But does this mean that, since I am able to have my
server users log on via the client, my autofs is working albeit buggy.
> > 5) Even with those fh_verify, errors, the users are able to logon >and
>read
> > and write to their home directories. Even X-windows works. Where
> >exactly
> > will a problem crop up?
>Since I don't know what those fh_verify errors were in the first place -
>I don't know.
It is important that I know the impact of these error messages, before I
ignore them. Is there anybody in Bangalore whom I can talk over the phone on
this. The kind of errors and the context of their appearance are very
difficult to describe by mail.
> > 6) Every Documentation on NIS and NFS that we have come across
>(including
> > the so called brilliant howtos), do not mention auto.master, autofs or
>any
> > other such thing. What's worse, is that no documentation links nfs and
>nis
> > together, which is the core of all our problems. Can you suggest a
>decent
> > source which does! B.T.W to all other aspirant networkers/sysads, I
>would
> > certainly not suggest something as vague as those howtos, for reading!!
>
>
>Rajeev, since you've learnt so much from this experience, why don't you
>write it all up as a HOWTO and submit it to the Linux Documentation
>Project? In fact, a "Small Office Networking HOWTO" would be most
>helpful.
I wouldn't consider it until I qualify myself, by setting up a fully working
NFS/NIS, network, and till I understand the language spoken by atleast half
the people on this list (I'm sort of a newbie to linux).
B.T.W how is LDAP as a substitute? What are the server requirements?
Can this be setup at home(with two machines)? What are differences in
functionality btw ldap and NIS/NFS.
Lastly, My college uses Dlink 530 TX network cards. Are these pci-2000
compliant, or will I need to download drivers for these
Rajeev
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