This is just wrong. autofs 3 supports this just fine.
Mark Michael wrote:
>
> Hi. Where I work, we're using NIS and automounter on Solaris and HP-UX
> a bunch. We use it for home directories, Apache tilde public_html
> directories in home directories, parts libraries for PTC CADDS and
> Pro/E, and ... (here's the rub) ... application servers. The app
> servers allow us to provide jumpstartable (Solaris) or Ignite-able
> (HP-UX) systems that look for their apps on servers automatically.
> Works great, but can't use autofs 3 to do everything they way that the
> Solaris and HP-UX automounters work.
>
> In particular, I can't take architectural info (uname -m or similar) and
> pass it to the automounter for building paths to the applications on the
> app servers. We use this extensively in support of our wrapper scripts
> for applications, which allow a simple single command to find the app
> server, the architecture, the operating system version, the libC version
> (if applicable), the version of the application software and any
> version-specific init or data files.
>
> I noticed when reviewing an archive of this mailing list that variable
> substitution was being considered for autofs v4. Any progress on this?
> Where can I find any source, rpm's, etc., even if incomplete?
>
> thanks!
>
> ttfn
> mm
> mark michael
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