On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 10:14, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> --On Wednesday, May 06, 2009 22:55:23 -0500 Michel Talon < > ta...@lpthe.jussieu.fr> wrote: > > >> Paul Schmehl wrote: >> >> I'm wondering if I can use autofs on FreeBSD. Last time I asked the >>> question someone said I need amd, which I found rather cryptic. >>> >> >> Indeed it is cryptic, let me gave an example which works: >> >> niobe% cat /etc/amd.conf >> [global] >> auto_dir = /.amd >> log_file = /var/log/amd.log >> log_options = error,fatal,user >> map_type = file >> search_path = /etc >> [/Cd] >> map_name = amd.cdrom >> # For nfs mounts >> [/Net] >> map_name = amd.net >> >> >> >> niobe% cat /etc/amd.cdrom >> cdrom type:=cdfs;opts:=ro,nosuid;dev:=/dev/acd0;fs:=${autodir}/cdrom >> >> >> niobe% cat /etc/amd.net >> /defaults type:=host;fs:=${autodir}/${rhost};rhost:=${key} >> * opts:=rw,grpid,resvport,nosuid,nodev,soft >> >> Now some comments. I use amd without options so it just uses >> /etc/amd.conf to configure itself. When you try to access /Cd >> it uses the configuration in /etc/amd.cdrom, and if you try to access >> /Net it uses the configuration in /etc/amd.net. >> >> Finally if you try to access /Net/ada for example, the key is ada, and >> so is the remote host. It is queried for NFS mounts and everything is >> mounted. After >> niobe% cd /Net/ada >> i have: >> niobe% df >> ... >> ada:/ada 36196652 26972064 7356232 79% /.amd/ada/ada >> ada:/ada1 287391356 246682696 26109996 90% /.amd/ada/ada1 >> ada:/ada2 288362876 180649856 93064956 66% /.amd/ada/ada2 >> ada:/ada3 99188500 80794628 13273960 86% /.amd/ada/ada3 >> ada:/adm 36204684 1682772 32653156 5% /.amd/ada/adm >> >> Note that autodir is /.amd and fs is ${autodir}/${rhost} as you can >> see. >> >> Getting out of /Net/ada those mounts are unmounted. >> >> I hope this helps explaining some of the mysteries of amd. >> >> > Indeed it does, and I thank you very much for that example. > While cryptic, It has worked well for me with multiple FreeBSD and Linux hosts on my network. > > -- > Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst > As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions > are my own and not those of my employer. > ******************************************* > Check the headers before clicking on Reply. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"