Ondrej Valousek <[email protected]> writes:

> Hi Ian / all,
>
> Is there any way to make automounter dump maps it sees? I was just
> thinking about it - with files / NIS / program backend it is not much
> needed but it could be quite helpful with ldap backend - restarting
> automounter with verbose logging is not too practical in the
> production environment.
>
> I would imagine either some small standalone program using autofs
> internals which would dump all (or certain specified) maps or running
> a second instance of autofs (with some parameter) which would not
> mount anything and just dump the maps and exits.
>
> Is this a completely misplaced idea or is there a way to achieve this
> functionality now?

Well, back in the autofs4 days, when way too much logic was put into the
init script, we basically had to do this.  ;-)  See the --dumpmap switch
in v4.  I can see that it could be a useful aid for administrators to
ensure that their maps look like they think they do, especially with
nsswitch and included maps, and those pesky null maps.

Cheers,
Jeff

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