Ian, So what is the conclusion in terms of NFSv4 compatibility? Will the -hosts map work in autofs5? Thanks, Ondrej
Ian Kent wrote: > On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 12:31 -0800, Bill Shannon wrote: > >> Peter Staubach wrote: >> >>> Bill, why aren't you using the -hosts map? >>> >> That's a good question... >> >> I don't remember how I got to this point, but ... >> >> I just tried using -hosts, but it doesn't seem to be working: >> >> vostro# cat /etc/auto.master >> # $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $ >> # Sample auto.master file >> # Format of this file: >> # mountpoint map options >> # For details of the format look at autofs(8). >> # /misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=60 >> /home /etc/auto.home -nosuid >> #/net /etc/auto.net -nosuid >> /net -hosts -nosuid >> #/- /etc/auto.direct -nosuid >> vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs reload >> Reloading automounter: checking for changes ... >> Reloading automounter map for: /home >> Stopping automounter for: /smb >> vostro# ls /net/nissan >> ls: cannot access /net/nissan: No such file or directory >> vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs restart >> Stopping automounter: >> Couldn't stop automount for /home done. >> Starting automounter: >> failed to start automount point /home >> done. >> vostro# /etc/init.d/autofs reload >> Reloading automounter: checking for changes ... >> Reloading automounter map for: /home >> vostro# ls /net/nissan >> ls: cannot access /net/nissan: No such file or directory >> vostro# grep nissan /etc/hosts >> 192.168.1.2 nissan >> >> I think that's the reason I ended up with an auto.net map, >> although it now seems likely that it never worked as intended. >> >> I started chasing this problem because my auto.home map wasn't >> working, which I now understand is the expected behavior based >> on the way I'm now exporting my /export/home filesystems. My >> mistake. >> >> I just fixed my auto.home map using multimounts. >> >> Still, any hints as to why the -hosts pseudo-map isn't working >> would be appreciated. Are you sure it's *supposed* to work? >> It's not documented in the man page. >> >> I think this is the version of autofs I have: >> >> vostro# dpkg-query -l 'autofs*' >> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold >> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend >> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: >> uppercase=bad) >> ||/ Name Version Description >> +++-==============-==============-============================================ >> ii autofs 4.1.4+debian-2 kernel-based automounter for Linux >> > > Yep, that's version 4. > > >> Is there an "autofs5" package I should install instead? >> > > I'm not sure. > > There is an autofs5 in the package pool on the mirrors but I can't tell > which release it belongs to. > > Perhaps an "apt-cache search" will give the answer. > > Ian > > > _______________________________________________ > autofs mailing list > autofs@linux.kernel.org > http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > _______________________________________________ autofs mailing list autofs@linux.kernel.org http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs
