> 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. *nail _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
