Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Ken Ambrose hath spake thusly: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Mark Komarinski wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:28:32PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > > > A few more questions. I'm getting closer to something that may work. >

Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Ken Ambrose
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Mark Komarinski wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:28:32PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > A few more questions. I'm getting closer to something that may work. > > > # auto.master > > /homes yp:auto.home > > Is this the contents of /etc/auto.master, or a YP ma

Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:28:32PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: > > A few more questions. I'm getting closer to something that may work. > > > We did this at MCL. I'm a bit fuzzy about

Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:28:32PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: A few more questions. I'm getting closer to something that may work. > We did this at MCL. I'm a bit fuzzy about the details, so Paul may be > able to fill in where I fumble. Also, our configuration was a bit > more wierd than

Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Tom Buskey
Mark Komarinski said: >Ah ha. NIS is populated with all direct maps. The script I found >converts the direct maps to indirect maps (located under /-) >The old company I was at used indirect maps. There's a reason you didn't use direct maps. NIS works better with indirect maps. If you're us

Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:28:32PM -0400, Derek D. Martin wrote: > At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly: > > So, a map that looks like: > > > > /nmr/people -rw foobar:/nmr/people > > What *IS* this? Or more accurately I guess, *where* is it? I think > you're missing a

Re: NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Derek D. Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, Mark Komarinski hath spake thusly: > Is anyone successfully using NIS and automounting to distribute shares > from an NIS server to clients? I did it a few years ago, but the > spiders and rocks seem to have taken up residence

NIS, automounting, Solaris and headaches

2002-09-09 Thread Mark Komarinski
Is anyone successfully using NIS and automounting to distribute shares from an NIS server to clients? I did it a few years ago, but the spiders and rocks seem to have taken up residence in that part of my brain. The best I've been able to find now, to be fair, is a big 'ol kludge. The automount