FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2014
Cy Schubert
Cy.Schubert at komquats.com
Fri Jul 25 19:43:41 UTC 2014
In message <20140724183353.GL1065 at hub.FreeBSD.org>, Glen Barber writes:
> New Automounter
>
> Contact: Edward Tomasz Napieral/a <trasz at FreeBSD.org>
>
> Deficiencies in the current automounter, amd(8), are a recurring
> problem reported by many FreeBSD users. A new automounter is being
> developed to address these concerns.
>
> The automounter is a cleanroom implementation of functionality
> available in most other Unix systems, using proper kernel support
> implemented via an autofs filesystem. The automounter supports a
> standard map format, and will integrate with the Lightweight Directory
> Access Protocol (LDAP) service.
Will it also integrate with NIS (as SunOS and Solaris do)? FreeBSD's amd
currently integrates with NIS as well.
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Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at komquats.com>
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