FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2014
Edward Tomasz Napierała
trasz at FreeBSD.org
Fri Jul 25 21:12:58 UTC 2014
On 0725T1019, Cy Schubert wrote:
> 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.
It's just a matter of testing, apart from a trivial shell script.
Would you be able to help me with this?
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