FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - Second Quarter 2014

[Cy Schubert]

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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