FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2014

[Cy Schubert]

In message <20140725211249.GA3933 at brick.home>, Edward Tomasz 
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> 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?
> 


Sure! Just point me in the direction of the patches.


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