> On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 13:02 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 14:53 +0200, Nail El-Sourani wrote:
>> >> hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> i seem to have a problem with autofs+ldap on duplicate entries. i
>> >> migrated from autofs4 settings over to autofs5 quite successfully and
>> in
>> >> general everything seems to work fine. ill give u a working and
>> >> nonworking example.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> auto.master contains:
>> >> /share  ldap:nisMapName=auto_packages,ou=ivv5,dc=de -nosuid
>> >>
>> >> ldap queries on the path to automount give me:
>> >>
>> >> ldapsearch -x -LLL cn=java
>> >>
>> >> working:
>> >> objectClass: nisObject
>> >> objectClass: top
>> >> cn: Java
>> >> nisMapEntry: ...
>> >> nisMapName: auto_package...
>> >>
>> >> like the above, the autofs5 mounts with no problem.
>> >>
>> >> but this one, not working:
>> >> objectClass: nisObject
>> >> objectClass: top
>> >> cn: Java
>> >> cn: %Java
>> >> nisMapEntry: ...
>> >> nisMapName: auto_package...
>> >>
>> >> gives in /var/log/messages a
>> >>
>> >> Jul 25 14:22:45 SEMTEX automount[4872]: attempting to mount entry
>> >> /share/java
>> >> Jul 25 14:22:45 SEMTEX automount[4872]: lookup_one: lookup(ldap): key
>> >> Java has duplicate entries
>> >> Jul 25 14:22:45 SEMTEX automount[4872]: failed to mount /share/java
>> >>
>> >> As I believe, there seems to be a Problem with cn:Java and cn:%Java
>> >> somehow. As I understand the % seems to be there to enable both
>> >> upper-and lowercase typing (java, Java) when entering the Path on the
>> >> commandline (cd /share/Java, /share/java). Anyhow. in autofs4 this
>> didnt
>> >> seem to be a problem.
>> >
>> > I have no idea what the % symbol is for.
>> > You may have been able to get away with this in version 4 but it's not
>> > valid to have multiple keys for a mount entry.
>> >
>> > Ian
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Actually this is an LDAP mixed environment with solaris and linux. The
>> Solaris Automounter will look for %Java by default to ignore
>> case-sensitivity. Is there an option on autofs5 to take the first entry
>> for a key in case there are duplicate entries? if so, how is it done? i
>> am
>> seriously in need of some kind of workaround. is there any possibility?
>
> There isn't .
> This would conflict with the work that was done to reduce the number of
> queries to LDAP servers.
>
> I wasn't aware of the Solaris % function.
> I'll check when I get some time.
>
> I could try and make a one-off patch to just use the first entry as a
> work around for you till we work out what to do about the % thingy.
>
> Ian
>
>

hi ian,

this would be perfect and greatly appreciated :-) feel free to contact me
as soon as there's any news on this issue.

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