Re: automount on debian help
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:34:28PM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ...which is precisely what I wanted to know! He seemed unsure which he was running... The command I gave was tailor-made to determine that, and revealed that he was running autofs, but not amd. There's no point in looking at amd stuff, if he's not using it. And it's important to know what's /supposed/ to be running, especially if it isn't. Which it wasn't... Right, but he could have had it installed, and not configured to start, in which case, neither would have shown up in the rc3.d directory. Which would have been very helpful to know, don't you think? =8^) -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpVoYCqfhyth.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
More info, please... For starters, which automounter thingy are you trying to use? The amd? autofs? How do you configure automounting in your environment? NIS? files? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 12:15:24PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: Hi all, I just switched from RH 7.2 to the latest debian. Everything seems to be fine except that I can't seem to automount to the Solaris exported directories on our network. So you're probably using autofs and NIS, right? Google searches have been useless. Tons of hits, zero content. I have access to a machine with working automount so if I had a list of files that need to be changed, I could figure it out from there. First, look at /etc/nsswitch.conf and check the entry for automount. If you're using NIS, you'll probably have to insert nis at the beginning of the line. Of course, your system will need to be an NIS client... If you're relying on files, you'll need to copy /etc/auto.* from a working machine. It's been a long while since I supported autofs and NIS, but I think that'll do it. -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpJyK0KoEsfC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
I know diddly about network stuff so I'll do my best to answer. I'm using NIS, autofs and amd (I think). automounting is configured to use files. Thanks, Kenny Michael ODonnell wrote: More info, please... For starters, which automounter thingy are you trying to use? The amd? autofs? How do you configure automounting in your environment? NIS? files? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
Derek Martin wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 12:15:24PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: Hi all, I just switched from RH 7.2 to the latest debian. Everything seems to be fine except that I can't seem to automount to the Solaris exported directories on our network. So you're probably using autofs and NIS, right? u.ok... Google searches have been useless. Tons of hits, zero content. I have access to a machine with working automount so if I had a list of files that need to be changed, I could figure it out from there. First, look at /etc/nsswitch.conf and check the entry for automount. If you're using NIS, you'll probably have to insert nis at the beginning of the line. Of course, your system will need to be an NIS client... I have files nisplus nis for automount If you're relying on files, you'll need to copy /etc/auto.* from a working machine. It's been a long while since I supported autofs and NIS, but I think that'll do it. That's what I did I even copied his /etc/nsswitch.conf. No good. Thanks, Kenny ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:00:37PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: I know diddly about network stuff so I'll do my best to answer. I'm using NIS, autofs and amd (I think). That seems really unlikely; autofs (automounter) and amd are two different methods of accomplishing the same thing... It would be strange to be using both at the same time. autofs is generally considered to be the better of the two, so chances are that's what you're using, not amd. What is the output of the following command on both boxes? ls /etc/rc.d/rc3.d |egrep autofs|amd I don't have a debian box handy to check, but the path might be /etc/rc3.d on Debian... If the above gave you an error, try that instead. automounting is configured to use files. How was it configured on your old box? Can you look in /etc/nsswitch.conf on the old machine? -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgp9hdXcHB3sC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:06:58PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: If you're relying on files, you'll need to copy /etc/auto.* from a working machine. It's been a long while since I supported autofs and NIS, but I think that'll do it. That's what I did I even copied his /etc/nsswitch.conf. No good. Ok, let's backtrack a couple of steps... Can you mount the exported filesystems manually? Is automounter running on your system? What is the output of this command: ps aux |grep '[a]utomounter' What is the output of this command: ypwhich We'll get it solved, eventually! -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpRKxHGM16lS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
Derek Martin wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:00:37PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: I know diddly about network stuff so I'll do my best to answer. I'm using NIS, autofs and amd (I think). That seems really unlikely; autofs (automounter) and amd are two different methods of accomplishing the same thing... It would be strange to be using both at the same time. autofs is generally considered to be the better of the two, so chances are that's what you're using, not amd. What is the output of the following command on both boxes? ls /etc/rc.d/rc3.d |egrep autofs|amd S20autofs Thanks, Kenny ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
Derek Martin wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:06:58PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: If you're relying on files, you'll need to copy /etc/auto.* from a working machine. It's been a long while since I supported autofs and NIS, but I think that'll do it. That's what I did I even copied his /etc/nsswitch.conf. No good. Ok, let's backtrack a couple of steps... Can you mount the exported filesystems manually? Is automounter running on your system? What is the output of this command: ps aux |grep '[a]utomounter' Nothing What is the output of this command: ypwhich hades Does this help? Thanks, Kenny ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
Try saying ypcat auto.master ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
To find out what's installed on a Debian
box, I often define this function:
function dlgrep() {
# dpkg list grep
COLUMNS=300 dpkg -l | tr -s '[:blank:]' ' ' | grep $*
}
...which you could use thus:
dlgrep -i autofs
dlgrep -i amd
If you have NIS installed you should (by convention) be
able to say:
ypcat auto.master
...to see which maps are available for your use.
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Re: automount on debian help
Michael ODonnell wrote: Try saying ypcat auto.master ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss auto_usr -bg -host-bg auto_home -bg auto_os -bg auto_web -bg Thanks, Kenny ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
That seems really unlikely; autofs (automounter) and amd are two different methods of accomplishing the same thing... It would be strange to be using both at the same time. autofs is generally considered to be the better of the two, so chances are that's what you're using, not amd. Although I'd agree it's an unnatural act, it's not unheard of for both to be running - my current workplace is the second one where I've see such weirdness. We're officially an autofs-oriented shop but we're running ClearCASE and the automounted-VOB trickery relies on amd. It seems like somebody ought be be able to sit down and get ClearCASE to work with autofs but I don't think it'd be easy... ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
Derek Martin wrote: On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 02:50:08PM -0500, Kenny Donahue wrote: Ok, let's backtrack a couple of steps... Can you mount the exported filesystems manually? Sorry. yes, this works. Which raises another point: do your mount points exist on your new machine? Autofs normally creates the last part of the path for you... So if you have an automounted filesystem in /nfs/auto/blah, then on your local system, /nfs/auto better exist. If it doesn't, you're not going to get your files. does this mean I need to create /n and /h to mount /n and /h? I'll try it. Thanks Kenny ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: automount on debian help
Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you have NIS installed you should (by convention) be able to say: ypcat auto.master ...to see which maps are available for your use. Actually, the better way is 'ypwhich -m' I believe, as there may be maps not in auto.master, or auto.master may not be NIS distributed, but may be a local disk-based file. -- Seeya, Paul pgpBhicksZ0ix.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the output of the following command on both boxes? ls /etc/rc.d/rc3.d |egrep autofs|amd Hmm, personally I would have just done: ls /etc/init.d/a* especially since an ls of /etc/rc3.d is likely to reveal only a bunch of symlinks, which may or may not exist for either autofs or amd depending upon whether they're configured for that run level. Whereas /etc/init.d always contains the actual start-up script which is the target of the symlinks in the /etc/rcX.d directories. -- Seeya, Paul pgpoJxpOTsjDd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 09:27:58PM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the output of the following command on both boxes? ls /etc/rc.d/rc3.d |egrep autofs|amd Hmm, personally I would have just done: ls /etc/init.d/a* especially since an ls of /etc/rc3.d is likely to reveal only a bunch of symlinks, which may or may not exist for either autofs or amd depending upon whether they're configured for that run level. ...which is precisely what I wanted to know! He seemed unsure which he was running... The command I gave was tailor-made to determine that, and revealed that he was running autofs, but not amd. There's no point in looking at amd stuff, if he's not using it. And it's important to know what's /supposed/ to be running, especially if it isn't. Which it wasn't... -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpFamsmyV7vi.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: automount on debian help
Derek Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ...which is precisely what I wanted to know! He seemed unsure which he was running... The command I gave was tailor-made to determine that, and revealed that he was running autofs, but not amd. There's no point in looking at amd stuff, if he's not using it. And it's important to know what's /supposed/ to be running, especially if it isn't. Which it wasn't... Right, but he could have had it installed, and not configured to start, in which case, neither would have shown up in the rc3.d directory. -- Seeya, Paul pgp7w0TQEV2zW.pgp Description: PGP signature
